Hawstead, Suffolk Weather
About Hawstead, Suffolk
Hawstead reveals itself through a quiet geometry of hedgerows and heavy, clay-rich fields that define the Suffolk horizon. It lies 3.3 miles south of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 176°T, OS grid TL 859 590), and is situated north-north-west of Hawstead Green village. The light here seems to linger longer against the brickwork of the parish church, where centuries of flint and mortar have weathered into a pale, silvered skin. A short distance to the north-north-east, the Hawstead Village Sign stands as a sentinel of local identity, marking the transition from the arable plains toward the more wooded reaches of the landscape. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the land shifts into the gentle, hollowed depressions of Harram Bottom, where the air grows cooler and carries the scent of damp earth and deep-rooted ash. History feels physically present in the landscape, particularly where the Site of Hawstead Place and its surrounding fishponds remain as subtle indentations in the meadow, ghost-like echoes of a grander domestic scale. The agricultural pulse of the region persists, with wide-reaching furrows guiding the eye across an expanse that has remained largely unchanged by the frantic pace of modern expansion. Hawstead maintains a stoic character, anchored by the weight of its soil and the enduring, slow-moving rhythm of the seasons.
Flight conditions near Hawstead. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hawstead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hawstead, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hawstead, Suffolk, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hawstead includes coordinates 52.198152, 0.719078, in the county of Suffolk, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Hawstead is available on the Hawstead map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Suffolk weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.