Southwold, Suffolk Weather
About Southwold, Suffolk
Salt-crusted winds define the character of Southwold, where the North Sea constantly reshapes the low-lying coastline. It lies 7.5 miles east of Halesworth (from Halesworth: bearing 99°T, OS grid TM 507 761), and is situated south-south-east of Reydon village. Once a medieval port of some significance, the location now relies upon a delicate balance of tourism and the enduring legacy of the Adnams brewery. The horizon here is wide and pale, often blurring the line between the grey water and the expansive Suffolk sky.
St Edmund’s Green offers a verdant pause before the land drops away towards the shifting sands of Gun Hill, where the light catches the marram grass with a metallic sheen. Visitors often find themselves drawn to the Sailors' Reading Room, a building that preserves the maritime soul of the coast far more effectively than any modern monument. George Orwell spent formative years here, his observations of the local landscape reflecting the same austere beauty that still haunts the shoreline today. The Electric Picture Palace continues to host intimate screenings, providing a refined cultural anchor in a place where the tides dictate the tempo of daily life.
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Live animated radar for Southwold and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Southwold, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southwold, 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 town. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Southwold includes coordinates 52.326222, 1.678968, 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 Southwold is available on the Southwold 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.