Pakefield, Suffolk Weather
About Pakefield, Suffolk
Pakefield holds the salt-heavy air of the North Sea against its crumbling cliffs, where the horizon dissolves into a grey and restless expanse. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-west of Lowestoft (from Lowestoft: bearing 207°T, OS grid TM 533 899), and is situated north-north-east of Kessingland village. The light here has a peculiar, thinning quality that turns the sky into a sheet of hammered lead before the tide turns. Visitors often pause by the Pakefield Welcome Village Sign, catching a glimpse of a coast that has surrendered much of its length to the hungry water over the centuries. A short walk away, Pakefield Green offers a quiet patch of grass where the wind from the ocean constantly combs through the blades. The local character is defined by this proximity to the edge, where the land stops abruptly and the deep water takes over. Further inland, the terrain rises toward the modest elevation of Bloodmoor Hill, providing a firm contrast to the shifting sands below. Pakefield remains a place of stark boundaries, where the rhythm of the waves dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the day.
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About This Pakefield, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pakefield, 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 Pakefield includes coordinates 52.448491, 1.726229, 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 Pakefield is available on the Pakefield 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.