Charmouth, Dorset Weather
About Charmouth, Dorset
Charmouth greets the English Channel with a rugged shoreline of blue lias cliffs that surrender ancient secrets to the shifting tides. It lies 1.8 miles east-north-east of Lyme Regis (from Lyme Regis: bearing 59°T, OS grid SY 365 936), and is situated south-south-west of Catherston Leweston village. Fossil hunters walk the grey shingle of Charmouth Beach, their eyes tracking the fractures in stone where ammonites have slept for aeons. Beyond the salt-spray, the land rises into the quiet slopes of Timber Hill, casting a long, verdant shadow over the valley floor. The River Char meanders toward the sea, carving a path through the landscape that sustains the damp, reed-filled sanctuary of Cockpits. Winter light here turns the water to polished pewter, reflecting the pale sky that hangs heavy over the Jurassic Coast. Charmouth holds a quiet, stoic character, shaped by the relentless rhythm of the waves and the enduring presence of the earth beneath.
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Live animated radar for Charmouth and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Charmouth, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Charmouth, 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 Charmouth includes coordinates 50.738903, -2.901, 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 Charmouth is available on the Charmouth 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.