Merrivale, Devon Weather
About Merrivale, Devon
Granite tors and the restless breath of the high moor define the character of Merrivale. It lies 4.2 miles east of Tavistock (from Tavistock: bearing 82°T, OS grid SX 548 751), and is situated east-south-east of Peter Tavy village. Merrivale keeps a quiet vigil within the expansive reaches of Dartmoor National Park, where the light falls thin and silver across the gorse. To the north-east, the remains of a prehistoric settlement and field system speak of ancient lives lived against the relentless wind. The heavy silence of the landscape is punctuated by the jagged silhouette of Great Staple Tor, which watches over the valley with a stony, indifferent grace. Below the horizon, the earth hides the remnants of a vermin trap and a mill, relics of a time when the moor demanded a hard, pragmatic sort of labour. Merrivale remains a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon possesses a singular, unyielding clarity. This rugged terrain suggests a history written in stone rather than ink, where the seasons turn with a slow and deliberate weight.
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Live animated radar for Merrivale and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Merrivale, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Merrivale, 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 Merrivale includes coordinates 50.558305, -4.050393, 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 Merrivale is available on the Merrivale 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.