Kitford, Dorset Weather
About Kitford, Dorset
Kitford reveals itself as a quiet gathering of dwellings tucked into the folds of the Dorset landscape. It lies 3.4 miles south of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 190°T, OS grid ST 776 088), and is situated north-west of Ibberton village. The land here slopes with a deliberate grace toward the River Divelish, where the water catches the pale, thin light of an English afternoon. Ancient tracks carve their way through the chalky soil, carrying the memory of travellers who walked these paths long before the modern map was drawn. To the east, the steep rise of Bell Hill commands the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the fields as the sun begins its descent. Kitford remains tethered to the slow pulse of the seasons, unaffected by the clamour of busier roads. The proximity of such heights and the nearby watercourses gives the air a crisp, clean clarity that tastes of rain and turned earth. Those who look closely may find that Kitford holds a particular stillness, a weight of peace that settles in the hollows when the wind dies down.
Flight conditions near Kitford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Kitford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Kitford, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kitford, 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 Kitford includes coordinates 50.878979, -2.31841, 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 Kitford is available on the Kitford 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.