Shortacombe, Devon Weather
About Shortacombe, Devon
Shortacombe emerges from the rugged western flank of the moor as a quiet witness to the shifting moods of the sky. It lies 6.5 miles south-west of Okehampton (from Okehampton: bearing 215°T, OS grid SX 525 867), and is situated north-east of Lydford village. Within the expansive, heather-strewn embrace of Dartmoor National Park, the land carries a stillness that seems to hold its breath against the prevailing winds. To the east, the silhouette of Great Nodden rises as a solitary, rounded sentinel, watching over the ancient stone cairns that mark the horizon with weathered, prehistoric gravity. Shortacombe maintains a modest presence amidst this terrain, where the light often filters through a veil of mist to soften the sharp edges of the granite outcrops. The air here tastes of damp peat and distant salt, a reminder of the proximity to both the high moor and the sea beyond. Here, the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the slow rotation of shadows across the slopes and the seasonal deepening of the bracken’s copper hue.
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Live animated radar for Shortacombe and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shortacombe, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shortacombe, 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 Shortacombe includes coordinates 50.661253, -4.088184, 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 Shortacombe is available on the Shortacombe 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.