Hursey, Dorset Weather
About Hursey, Dorset
Limestone walls and high, tangled hedgerows define the quiet character of Hursey. It lies 3.0 miles west-north-west of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 287°T, OS grid ST 433 027), and is situated west-north-west of Broadwindsor village. The terrain here rises with a stubborn, heavy grace, pulling the eye toward the looming presence of Hollis Hill just a short distance to the east. A particular stillness clings to the lanes of Hursey, where the light seems to thicken against the pale, weathered masonry of the older cottages. To the northeast, the exposed strata of the Conegar Road Cutting SSSI serve as a silent ledger of deep geological time, grounding the hamlet in a landscape that feels indifferent to the passing of human centuries. Every turn in the road invites a glimpse of the surrounding Dorset hills, which roll away in shades of bruised green and sudden, sharp gold. This corner of the countryside maintains a pragmatic, agricultural rhythm, far removed from the frantic pace of the modern world. Life in Hursey remains tethered to the slow, seasonal shifts of the earth, where the wind carries the clean, sharp scent of damp flint and distant pasture.
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About This Hursey, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hursey, 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 Hursey includes coordinates 50.821591, -2.805145, 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 Hursey is available on the Hursey 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.