Durlston, Dorset Weather
About Durlston, Dorset
Durlston commands the rugged limestone cliffs where the Jurassic Coast meets the restless English Channel. It lies 0.4 miles south of Swanage (from Swanage: bearing 178°T, OS grid SZ 032 780). Salt-flecked winds scour the high headlands, carrying the scent of brine across the expansive meadows that define the character of Durlston. Within the sweeping boundaries of Durlston Country Park, the earth holds the deep, heavy silence of ancient stone, waiting for the tide to carve its secrets anew. Hikers traversing the cliff paths often encounter the Great Globe, a massive stone sphere that anchors the horizon like a silent, enduring witness to the shifting currents. The landscape here is defined by a raw, unyielding geology, where the land drops sharply into the sea with a jagged, white-rimmed finality. Beyond the park’s edge, the nearby Townsend SSSI preserves a fragile mosaic of chalk grassland, sheltering rare butterflies that dance in the fleeting, brilliant light of a Dorset afternoon. Durlston remains a place of profound coastal clarity, where the horizon feels close enough to touch and the sea dictates the quiet, singular rhythm of the day.
Flight conditions near Durlston. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Durlston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Durlston, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Durlston, 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 Durlston includes coordinates 50.601731, -1.955889, 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 Durlston is available on the Durlston 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.