Clayton, West Sussex Weather
About Clayton, West Sussex
Clayton gathers the morning light across the chalky spine of the South Downs. It lies 3.3 miles south of Burgess Hill (from Burgess Hill: bearing 190°T, OS grid TQ 304 138), and is situated south of Hassocks village. The landscape here falls within the protected embrace of the South Downs National Park, where the horizon is defined by the severe, clean lines of the escarpment. High upon the ridge, the white silhouettes of Jack and Jill Windmills watch over the valley floor with a stoic, mechanical patience. Beneath these sentinels, the land drops into the quiet seclusion of Wellcombe Bottom, where the air holds a cooler, more deliberate stillness. Clayton maintains a singular character, shaped by the ancient turf and the persistent, sweeping winds that scour the hillsides. History persists in the Roman roads that traverse the nearby slopes, grounding the modern path in a much older, harder earth. These chalk ridges offer a clarity of perspective, revealing how the architecture of the past continues to dictate the rhythm of the present day.
Flight conditions near Clayton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Clayton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Clayton, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clayton, 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 Clayton includes coordinates 50.909361, -0.146488, 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 Clayton is available on the Clayton 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.