Clapham, West Sussex Weather
About Clapham, West Sussex
Clapham rests in the quiet cradle of the South Downs National Park, where the chalky earth meets a sky that often feels vast and grey-blue against the rolling turf. It lies 4.1 miles west-north-west of Worthing (from Worthing: bearing 302°T, OS grid TQ 092 063), and is situated east-south-east of Patching village. The architecture of Clapham retains a dignified reserve, with flint-walled cottages that seem to absorb the moisture of the Sussex air, turning a deep, cooling silver after the rain. To the north, the elevation of Patching Hill commands the horizon, providing a silent, grassy sentinel over the fields that fan out toward the coast. A short distance to the east, the shadowed canopy of Clapham Wood offers a dense contrast to the open, wind-swept ridges that define this stretch of the landscape. The light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the edges of the flint and illuminating the slow, persistent growth of lichen on the older boundary walls. Every path leading away from the centre of Clapham holds the promise of solitude, tracing lines through a terrain that has been shaped as much by the persistent salt-breeze as by the hands of those who have tended these acres for centuries.
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About This Clapham, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clapham, 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 Clapham includes coordinates 50.845981, -0.450276, 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 Clapham is available on the Clapham 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.