Fleet, Dorset Weather
About Fleet, Dorset
Fleet stretches its modest length along the northern edge of the Fleet Lagoon, where the salt-heavy air clings to the weathered limestone of the local church. It lies 0.7 miles west-south-west of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 240°T, OS grid SY 636 801). The landscape here is defined by the proximity of the Chesil Bank, a great shingle barrier that shields Fleet from the full, restless fury of the English Channel. To the east, the geological significance of the Crookhill Brick Pit Sssi reveals the deep, stratified secrets of the earth, providing a stark contrast to the soft, tidal mudflats that define the southern outlook. A quiet solemnity hangs over the graveyard, where the ruins of the old church remain as a reminder of the great storm of 1824 that reshaped the fortunes of the inhabitants. Beyond the reach of the tide, the terrain rises toward the slopes of Crook Hill, offering a vantage point over the low-lying wetlands where the light turns a pearlescent grey during the late afternoon. Fleet maintains a singular, maritime isolation, existing as a thin ribbon of life between the agricultural fields and the encroaching brine of the lagoon. The rhythm of the place is dictated not by the clock, but by the slow, deliberate pulse of the shifting tides.
Flight conditions near Fleet. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Fleet and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Fleet, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fleet, 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 Fleet includes coordinates 50.619616, -2.515824, 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 Fleet is available on the Fleet 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.