Hitcham, Suffolk Weather
About Hitcham, Suffolk
Hitcham rests as a quiet arrangement of Suffolk flint and timber, holding the stillness of the rolling agricultural landscape. It lies 6.1 miles south-west of Stowmarket (from Stowmarket: bearing 224°T, OS grid TL 984 513), and is situated north-north-west of Bildeston village. A visitor passing the Hitcham Village Sign finds the light here filtered through high, expansive skies that seem to widen the horizon above the heavy clay soil. The land slopes gently towards the modest course of the Bildeston Brook, where water moves with a sluggish, deliberate grace through the reeds. Centuries of farming have pressed a particular character into the fields, leaving behind a mosaic of arable patches and small copses that shift in colour with the passing seasons. Near the western edge, the earth retains the sunken, shadowed memory of the Moated Site and Associated Fishponds at Wetherden Hall, where silence now replaces the medieval industry of the water. Hitcham maintains a steady, solitary composure, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world beyond its borders. The architecture here speaks of local craftsmanship, with lime-washed walls reflecting the pale, lemon-tinted sunrises that frequently break over the eastern plains.
Flight conditions near Hitcham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hitcham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hitcham, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hitcham, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hitcham includes coordinates 52.125118, 0.897648, 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 Hitcham is available on the Hitcham 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.