Offton, Suffolk Weather
About Offton, Suffolk
Offton maintains a quiet composure within the Suffolk landscape, defined by its rolling arable fields and the persistent, low-slung light that catches the flint-work of its parish church. It lies 3.7 miles south-south-west of Needham Market (from Needham Market: bearing 197°T, OS grid TM 072 493), and is situated west-north-west of Somersham village. The land here holds the memory of medieval fortification, particularly near the moated site known as Offton Castle, where the earthworks offer a sudden, silent interruption to the surrounding agricultural flatness. A few minutes’ walk away, the ancient boughs of Middle Wood, Offton Sssi provide a sanctuary of oak and ash that has stood largely undisturbed by the changing seasons of the centuries. The air in Offton often carries the faint, damp scent of the nearby Channel, a waterway that draws a silver thread through the fields to the east. Residents walk paths that have been worn smooth by generations, moving between the heavy, clay-rich soil of the farms and the modest domesticity of the local dwellings. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, allowing the evening sky to deepen into a bruised violet that reflects against the puddles left by the frequent Suffolk rain. Offton endures as a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, deliberate growth of the hedgerows and the shifting colours of the harvest.
Flight conditions near Offton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Offton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Offton, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Offton, 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 Offton includes coordinates 52.103852, 1.024906, 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 Offton is available on the Offton 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.