Arundel, West Sussex Weather
About Arundel, West Sussex
Flint-walled buildings and the winding River Arun define the sharp, chalky contours of Arundel. It lies 3.2 miles north of Littlehampton (from Littlehampton: bearing 349°T, OS grid TQ 018 070), and is situated west of Warningcamp village. The landscape rises abruptly from the coastal plain, where the river carves a passage through the South Downs that has dictated the fortunes of the inhabitants for centuries. Historical trade relied upon the flow of barges carrying timber and grain, an industry that once breathed life into the local economy before the railway transformed the pace of commerce. Sunlight catches the pale, porous stone of the hillside, casting long shadows that seem to anchor the architecture firmly into the geological bones of the earth.
Arundel Castle looms over the horizon, its crenellated silhouette serving as a silent sentinel for the treasures housed within the Arundel Museum & Heritage Centre nearby. The spire of the Roman Catholic cathedral pierces the sky with a deliberate, singular grace, anchoring the skyline above the narrow, steep streets. Literary figures such as the poet John Betjeman often found solace in the quietude of these lanes, where the air retains a crisp, maritime edge despite the distance from the salt spray. Visitors wandering near the ancient Maison Dieu ruins can almost hear the echoes of medieval devotion lingering in the cooling evening breeze. The spirit of the place endures through the changing seasons, marked by a rhythm that values the preservation of its storied past over the frantic pulse of the modern world.
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About This Arundel, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arundel, West Sussex, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Arundel includes coordinates 50.854271, -0.553871, in the county of West Sussex, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Arundel is available on the Arundel map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the West Sussex 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.