Mortehoe, Devon Weather
About Mortehoe, Devon
Mortehoe occupies a windswept crag where the Atlantic gales have long dictated the rhythm of life against the stubborn, grey stone. It lies 3.9 miles west-south-west of Ilfracombe (from Ilfracombe: bearing 248°T, OS grid SS 457 452), and is situated north of Woolacombe village. The architecture of Mortehoe clings to the high ground, a collection of low-slung dwellings that seem to have grown directly from the dark, jagged bedrock of the North Devon coast. Beyond the quiet lanes, the land terminates in the dramatic, sweeping expanse of Morte Point Sssi, where the salt-spray turns the verdant grass into a brittle, resilient carpet. Travellers often pause at the local museum to trace the maritime tragedies that once defined the character of these treacherous waters. Below the cliffs, the shifting sands of Barricane Beach offer a stark contrast to the unforgiving rock, where cowrie shells wash up in the wake of the receding tide. The light here possesses a particular, silver clarity, illuminating the intersection of ancient agricultural walls and the encroaching wilderness of the shoreline. Mortehoe endures as a sentinel of the coast, perpetually braced against the vast, restless horizon of the Bristol Channel.
Flight conditions near Mortehoe. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Mortehoe and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Mortehoe, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mortehoe, 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 Mortehoe includes coordinates 51.185269, -4.208809, 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 Mortehoe is available on the Mortehoe 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.