Beacon, Devon Weather
About Beacon, Devon
Beacon anchors the quiet, rising topography of the East Devon landscape where the air thins and sharpens against the palate. It lies 3.0 miles north-north-east of Honiton (from Honiton: bearing 19°T, OS grid ST 179 052), and is situated north-north-west of Monkton village. The land here possesses a raw, unvarnished geometry, defined by the stark ascent of Hartridge which looms barely a third of a mile to the north. Ancient earthworks mark the summit of the nearby Bowl Barrow, where the wind carries a salt-less chill that feels older than the surrounding hedgerows. Below these high, exposed ridges, the terrain softens into the productive folds of a working agricultural interior. To the south, the prominence of Dumpdon Hill serves as a silent sentinel, its silhouette a familiar, dark geometry against the shifting clouds of the South West. Beacon remains an outlier of deep, quiet fields, where the quality of light at dusk bleeds a bruised purple across the valley floor. The rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of life here, far removed from the clamour of the busier lowland roads.
Flight conditions near Beacon. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Beacon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Beacon, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beacon, Devon, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Beacon includes coordinates 50.840631, -3.166687, in the county of Devon, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Beacon is available on the Beacon map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Devon 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.