Westleton, Suffolk Weather
About Westleton, Suffolk
Westleton emerges from the Suffolk landscape as a collection of flint-walled cottages and quiet lanes that hold the memory of centuries of agricultural labour. It lies 4.1 miles north of Leiston (from Leiston: bearing 1°T, OS grid TM 442 692), and is situated north-east of Middleton village. The light here possesses a particular clarity, often sharpened by the salt-heavy air drifting in from the nearby coast to polish the red brick and grey stone. At the heart of the parish, the Village Green serves as a communal anchor, its grasses mown short and bordered by houses that have watched the seasons turn for generations. To the east, Westleton Heath stretches out as a vast, open expanse of heather and gorse, where the earth feels thin and the wind carries the dry, rasping song of insects. Westleton maintains a deliberate pace, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares, favouring the slow movement of the sun across its fields. The nearby Old Decoy remains a sanctuary of still water, reflecting the grey-blue sky and the shifting clouds that define this low-lying horizon. Such stillness is the true currency of the local life, felt in the heavy silence that settles over the lanes when the evening light begins to fade.
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About This Westleton, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westleton, 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 Westleton includes coordinates 52.266732, 1.578023, 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 Westleton is available on the Westleton 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.