Sowton, Devon Weather
About Sowton, Devon
Sowton retains an air of quiet detachment despite the encroaching modern infrastructure that borders its ancient lanes. It lies 2.9 miles north-north-east of Topsham (from Topsham: bearing 13°T, OS grid SX 976 926), and is situated south-west of Clyst Honiton village. The low-lying terrain here is defined by a heavy, alluvial soil that has long nurtured the stubborn growth of oaks and elms. North of the parish boundary, the Pin Brook traces a deliberate, meandering path through the damp meadows, catching the pale Devon light in its slow-moving currents. The presence of the nearby Redhayes Green Corridor provides a buffer of managed wildness, where the grasses bow under the weight of the morning dew. St Michael and All Angels Church remains the spiritual anchor of Sowton, its stone walls weathering the seasons with a stolid, grey indifference. Beyond the immediate cluster of buildings, the landscape flattens into a persistent, pastoral expanse that hums with the distant machinery of the wider district. There is a peculiar, sharpened clarity to the air in Sowton, an atmosphere that seems to hold the silence of the surrounding fields long after the shadows have lengthened.
Flight conditions near Sowton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Sowton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Sowton, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sowton, 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 Sowton includes coordinates 50.724301, -3.450748, 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 Sowton is available on the Sowton 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.