Atherington, West Sussex Weather
About Atherington, West Sussex
Atherington emerges from the flat, salt-kissed expanse of the West Sussex coast as a quiet collection of homes held in the grip of the sea air. It lies 1.7 miles west-south-west of Littlehampton (from Littlehampton: bearing 254°T, OS grid TQ 002 012), and is situated south-south-east of Horsemere Green village. The light here possesses a pale, translucent quality, catching the reeds that sway in the nearby channels of the Elmer Rife as the tide pulls against the land. Atherington maintains a modest, unassuming character, defined more by the sweeping horizon of the English Channel than by the clamour of modern industry. A short distance to the east, the Climping Beach SSSI stretches out in a rugged, shifting line of shingle and dune where the wind relentlessly reshapes the shoreline. This landscape feels stripped of pretense, offering a stark beauty where the sky dominates the low-lying fields and the earth feels damp with the persistence of the neighbouring waters. Such a geography demands a certain resilience from the soil, which retains the memory of the salt spray long after the storms have retreated. Here, the passage of time is measured by the rhythmic pulse of the tides rather than the ticking of a clock.
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About This Atherington, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Atherington, 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 Atherington includes coordinates 50.802291, -0.578764, 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 Atherington is available on the Atherington 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.