Kirkley, Suffolk Weather
About Kirkley, Suffolk
Kirkley marks the southern reach of the Suffolk coastline, where the land meets the North Sea in a long, salt-bleached exhale. It lies 1.3 miles south-south-west of Lowestoft (from Lowestoft: bearing 204°T, OS grid TM 540 913). The salt-heavy air here carries a distinctive sharpness, biting at the brickwork of Victorian terraces that turn their faces toward the horizon. Near the shoreline, the Richard Henry Reeve Memorial stands as a silent sentinel, its presence echoing the maritime gravity that defines the local character. Further inland, the greenery of Kensington Gardens offers a quiet respite, where the light filters through the leaves to pool in patches of shifting, restless gold upon the paths. Beyond these cultivated spaces, the horizon remains wide and indifferent, shaped by the constant, rhythmic erosion of the tide. Kirkley maintains a stubborn independence, its streets unfolding with a functional, unadorned grace that ignores the tourist glare of neighbouring resorts. Here, the hum of the sea provides a persistent, low-frequency pulse beneath the daily movements of those who live between the harbour and the marshy edges of the fen.
Flight conditions near Kirkley. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Kirkley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Kirkley, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kirkley, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Kirkley includes coordinates 52.460783, 1.738327, 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 Kirkley is available on the Kirkley 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.