Compton, Devon Weather
About Compton, Devon
Compton emerges from the soft, rolling contours of the South Hams as a quiet gathering of stone and slate. It lies 2.7 miles north-north-west of Paignton (from Paignton: bearing 334°T, OS grid SX 869 646), and is situated north of Marldon village. The light here catches the grey limestone of the Medieval Fortified House at Compton Castle, a structure that holds the weight of centuries in its crenellated silhouette. Beyond these ancient walls, the land rises toward the crest of Red Hill, where the wind carries a salt-brushed clarity from the nearby coast. Compton remains tethered to an agricultural rhythm, its lanes tracing the patterns of field boundaries that have long defined this geography. To the south-east, the meadows leading toward Occombe Sssi offer a sanctuary of damp earth and seasonal flora, undisturbed by the modern velocity of the coast. These quiet stretches of Devon ground provide a stillness that defines the character of Compton, grounding the eye in the deep, verdant greens of the West Country.
Flight conditions near Compton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Compton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Compton, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Compton, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Compton includes coordinates 50.470502, -3.59472, 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 Compton is available on the Compton 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.