Metfield, Suffolk Weather
About Metfield, Suffolk
Metfield stretches across the quiet, arable plains of Mid Suffolk, where the low sun casts long, amber shadows over the fields of barley and wheat. It lies 3.6 miles south-east of Harleston (from Harleston: bearing 125°T, OS grid TM 294 802), and is situated east-south-east of Withersdale Street village. The Metfield Village Sign stands as a solitary sentinel at the heart of the landscape, its painted surface capturing the pale, shifting light that defines these flat, open horizons. Narrow lanes wind between hedges that hold the sharp scent of damp earth, tracing paths that have remained largely unchanged for centuries. A brief journey towards the east brings one to the Metfield Meadow SSSI, a small pocket of protected land where the grasses ripple in the wind like a slow, green tide. History here is written in the heavy timber frames of local farmhouses and the flint-faced walls of parish buildings that have weathered many lifetimes of rain. Through the seasons, the air carries a stillness that suggests the persistence of the land itself, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world. Metfield remains a place where the sky feels vast and watchful, grounding the spirit in the quietude of the Suffolk soil.
Flight conditions near Metfield. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Metfield and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Metfield, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Metfield, 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 Metfield includes coordinates 52.372637, 1.369477, 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 Metfield is available on the Metfield 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.