Blackney, Dorset Weather
About Blackney, Dorset
Blackney remains a quiet witness to the slow turn of the Dorset seasons, where the land rises in deliberate, verdant swells. It lies 3.3 miles west-south-west of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 249°T, OS grid SY 429 994), and is situated west-south-west of Stoke Abbott village. The morning light often catches the damp, dark earth of the fields, turning the moisture into a silvered veil that clings to the hedgerows until mid-morning. To the north, the rounded profile of Lewesdon Hill dominates the horizon, casting long, thoughtful shadows that stretch toward the cluster of buildings. Further north-west, the ancient earthworks of Pilsdon Pen Hillfort stand as a silent sentinel, their grassy ramparts holding the quiet memory of centuries past. Blackney exists in the hollows between these high points, shielded from the sharper winds that scour the exposed summits. Here, the air carries a crisp, clean clarity, as if the landscape itself is perpetually washed by the passing of clouds. Life in Blackney follows the patient pulse of the surrounding pastures, undisturbed by the hurried clamour of more populous centres.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Blackney, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blackney, Dorset, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Blackney includes coordinates 50.791529, -2.810275, in the county of Dorset, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Blackney is available on the Blackney map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Dorset 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.