Houghton, West Sussex Weather
About Houghton, West Sussex
Houghton greets the morning sun across the chalk-dusted ridges of the South Downs National Park, where the horizon holds the quiet weight of ancient earth. It lies 2.8 miles north of Arundel (from Arundel: bearing 1°T, OS grid TQ 018 115), and is situated south-west of Amberley village. The landscape here breathes through the Arundel Park Sssi, a stretch of rolling terrain that captures the shifting moods of the clouds in its deep, verdant folds. Houghton remains tethered to the slow pace of the river valley, where the flint-knapped walls of cottages seem to have grown directly from the stony ground. A short distance to the east, the industrial echoes of the Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre offer a stark, metallic contrast to the surrounding silence of the hills. Time in Houghton is measured not by the clock, but by the lengthening shadows that traverse the fields as the light fades behind the escarpment. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and crushed grass, a sensory reminder of the constant, unyielding presence of the downs. Every path winding through Houghton serves as a reminder of the proximity between the raw, limestone wilderness and the domestic stillness of the hearth.
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Live animated radar for Houghton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Houghton, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Houghton, 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 Houghton includes coordinates 50.894399, -0.553226, 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 Houghton is available on the Houghton 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.