Ham, Dorset Weather
About Ham, Dorset
Ham emerges from the Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by its modest elevation and proximity to the fertile floodplains of the Stour valley. It lies 1.0 miles south-east of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 127°T, OS grid ST 820 255). The low-lying pastures surrounding Ham retain a damp, silver quality in the early morning, where the air holds the chill of the nearby Fern Brook. Ancient earthworks ripple across the neighbouring meadows, marking the presence of the King's Court Palace Moated Site with a stillness that defies the passing of centuries. These sunken remnants of medieval ambition provide a stark contrast to the utilitarian rhythm of the modern fields. Further west, the surface of Lodden Lakes catches the fractured light of an overcast sky, breaking the monotony of the green horizon. Ham remains anchored to this cycle of water and soil, where the transition from the bustling market activity of its neighbour to the solitary silence of the rural fringe is felt in every footfall. The terrain here possesses a deceptive weight, grounding the observer in a geography that has been shaped more by the slow accumulation of silt than by the grand gestures of history.
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Live animated radar for Ham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ham, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ham, 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 Ham includes coordinates 51.029238, -2.257423, 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 Ham is available on the Ham 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.