Ideford, Devon Weather
About Ideford, Devon
Ideford reveals itself through a landscape of quiet, agrarian patience, defined by the slow southward descent toward the coast. It lies 2.1 miles south-east of Chudleigh (from Chudleigh: bearing 132°T, OS grid SX 892 773). Low-slung stone walls and deep-set lanes define the topography, where the light often catches the damp surfaces of the local limestone. To the south, the rhythmic pulse of Colley Brook traces a path through the valley, providing a consistent, hidden soundtrack to the fields. The horizon to the north-east is claimed by the expansive silence of Great Haldon Heaths, where the gorse and heather hold a different, wilder character than the tamed pastures below. Ideford shelters the fourteenth-century Church of St Mary, whose tower acts as a grey anchor against the drifting clouds of the South West. The surrounding terrain rises toward Rocky Hill, presenting a sudden, jagged contrast to the softer, cultivated slopes that define the parish. Every turn in the road here invites a sharper awareness of the wind, which carries the scent of salt and turning earth across the open, exposed ridges.
Flight conditions near Ideford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Ideford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ideford, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ideford, 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 Ideford includes coordinates 50.584935, -3.565754, 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 Ideford is available on the Ideford 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.