Cootham, West Sussex Weather
About Cootham, West Sussex
Cootham reveals itself through the low-slung, flint-strewn lanes that trace the northern edge of the chalk escarpment. It lies 5.8 miles north-east of Arundel (from Arundel: bearing 39°T, OS grid TQ 077 144), and is situated west of Storrington village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive sweep of the South Downs National Park, where the light shifts with a pale, bruised intensity across the rolling grass. To the west, the ancient, quiet slopes of Windmill Hill rise to meet the clouds, offering a vantage point over the patchwork of fields that define the local character. Within these borders, the Amberley Mount To Sullington Hill SSSI preserves a fragile, chalk-loving flora that has thrived undisturbed for generations. Cootham maintains a modest, quiet composure, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and crushed limestone. The architecture is modest and functional, reflecting a long history of agricultural labour that remains etched into the quiet rhythms of the bordering meadows. Every breeze moving through the valley carries a sense of permanence, anchoring the houses firmly to the chalk bedrock.
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About This Cootham, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cootham, 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 Cootham includes coordinates 50.919521, -0.468962, 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 Cootham is available on the Cootham 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.