Thorndon Cross, Devon Weather
About Thorndon Cross, Devon
Thorndon Cross emerges from the quiet intersection of Devon lanes, a place where the horizon feels heavy with the weight of impending weather. It lies 3.7 miles west-south-west of Okehampton (from Okehampton: bearing 254°T, OS grid SX 529 936), and is situated north-north-west of Sourton village. The landscape here bows to the influence of the nearby high moors, where the light shifts rapidly across the fields like a nervous thought. To the north, the orderly rows of Ashbury Plantations stand as a dark, evergreen sentinel against the prevailing winds that scour the exposed ridges. Thorndon Cross maintains a functional, pragmatic character, defined more by the transit of heavy machinery and agricultural rhythms than by the artifice of tourism. Further afield, the ancient earthworks of the Bowl Barrow On Wadland Down persist as subtle indentations in the topography, remnants of a human presence that long predates the current tarmac. In the winter months, the damp air clings to the hedgerows, blurring the boundary between the cultivated verge and the wild, untamed expanse beyond. The local architecture possesses a stark, utilitarian honesty, eschewing grandiosity for the endurance required by this uncompromising West Devon climate.
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Live animated radar for Thorndon Cross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Thorndon Cross, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Thorndon Cross, 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 Thorndon Cross includes coordinates 50.723801, -4.084956, 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 Thorndon Cross is available on the Thorndon Cross 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.