Southwick, Tyne and Wear Weather
About Southwick, Tyne and Wear
Southwick reveals itself through the steady, industrial rhythm of the River Wear, where the heavy legacy of shipbuilding once dictated the pulse of the tide. It lies 1.4 miles north-north-west of Sunderland (from Sunderland: bearing 329°T, OS grid NZ 384 585). The terrain rises with a stubborn, geological patience, marked by the limestone strata that defined its early working life. At the heart of the district, The Green offers a verdant pause where the light catches the morning mist, grounding the domestic streets in a quiet, enduring permanence. Echoes of a more arduous past linger nearby at the Southwick Limekilns, where the stone ruins stand as skeletal sentinels against the encroaching modern skyline. The air here holds a distinct salt-sharp clarity, drifting in from the coast to brush against the brickwork of terraced homes. Beyond these rows, the Men of Steel rise in their metallic defiance, capturing the shifting North Sea winds in a dance of rusted iron. Southwick remains a place where the weight of memory is carried not in monuments, but in the enduring texture of the earth itself.
Flight conditions near Southwick. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Southwick and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Southwick, Tyne and Wear Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southwick, 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 Southwick includes coordinates 54.91988, -1.40241, 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 Southwick is available on the Southwick 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.