Dunston, Tyne and Wear Weather
About Dunston, Tyne and Wear
Dunston commands a sturdy presence upon the southern banks of the Tyne, where the land slopes toward the water’s edge with a persistent, industrial gravity. It lies 1.3 miles east-north-east of Whickham (from Whickham: bearing 62°T, OS grid NZ 226 622). The river’s movement defines the northern horizon, carrying the memory of coal-laden vessels that once crowded the wooden skeleton of Dunston Staiths, a structure that still catches the low, amber light of winter evenings. Below the quiet streets, the River Team snakes through the lowlands, its dark current pulling the gaze away from the brickwork and toward the wider, grey expanse of the North East. Traces of an older, subterranean life linger near the Coal Mining Remains At Dunston Hill, where the earth holds the weight of long-silent galleries beneath the grass. The air here often carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a remnant of the labour that shaped the foundations of Dunston long before the modern roads arrived. Gulls wheel incessantly above the reeds, their cries providing a wild, discordant music against the hum of the nearby bridges. This landscape does not hide its working past, but rather wears it as a weathered coat, honest in its lines and resolute in its endurance.
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Live animated radar for Dunston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Dunston, Tyne and Wear Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dunston, Tyne and Wear, 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Dunston includes coordinates 54.954358, -1.648096, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Dunston is available on the Dunston map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Tyne and Wear 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.