Lancing, West Sussex Weather
About Lancing, West Sussex
Lancing stretches its salt-worn limbs across the coastal plain of West Sussex, where the horizon dissolves into a shimmering expanse of grey and blue. It lies 2.2 miles west-south-west of Shoreham-by-Sea (from Shoreham-by-Sea: bearing 259°T, OS grid TQ 182 043), and is situated south-east of Sompting village. The air here carries a sharp, saline tang, blowing in from the vast openness of Lancing Beach to stir the quiet geometry of the local streets. Beyond the promenade, the landscape finds a meditative stillness at Beach Green, where the grass holds the cool dampness of the morning mist long after the sun has ascended. A strange, metallic silence often clings to the shoreline, punctuated only by the rhythmic percussion of pebbles shifting under the tide. Inland, the architecture reflects a modest, unpretentious history, far removed from the ornamental excesses of more opulent coastal neighbours. Lancing remains tethered to the sea, a place where the light flattens against the pavement, bleaching the colours of the day into a soft, monochromatic haze.
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Live animated radar for Lancing and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lancing, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lancing, 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 Lancing includes coordinates 50.826879, -0.322776, 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 Lancing is available on the Lancing 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.