Donnington, West Sussex Weather
About Donnington, West Sussex
Donnington emerges from the flat, salt-licked horizons of the West Sussex coastal plain as a quiet convergence of lanes and low-slung architecture. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-west of Chichester (from Chichester: bearing 194°T, OS grid SU 854 019), and is situated west of Hunston village. The light here possesses a peculiar, thin clarity, often reflecting off the distant, glassy stillness of Mile Pond to bathe the surrounding fields in a pale, silvery luminescence. Donnington maintains a measured pace, defined by the steady, rhythmic turn of seasons that govern its agricultural margins and the quiet endurance of its parish church. To the east, the historic Chichester and Arundel Canal traces a darkened, reed-fringed line through the earth, marking the boundary between the modern world and the ancient, water-logged memory of the land. The soil, heavy and dark with silt, anchors the structures of Donnington against the persistent, wandering winds that drift inland from the English Channel. Residents move through these spaces with an awareness of the sky’s immense, shifting architecture, which dominates the horizon more than any man-made spire. This is a place where the geography of water and field dictates the character of the day, leaving little room for the clamour of more frantic, urban latitudes.
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Live animated radar for Donnington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Donnington, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Donnington, 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 Donnington includes coordinates 50.810937, -0.788742, 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 Donnington is available on the Donnington 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.