Lyme Regis, Dorset Weather
About Lyme Regis, Dorset
Fossils of prehistoric creatures lie waiting within the crumbling blue lias cliffs that define the serrated edge of Lyme Regis. It lies 4.8 miles south-east of Axminster (from Axminster: bearing 145°T, OS grid SY 339 921), and is situated south-east of Uplyme village. Once a thriving medieval port, the place owes its survival to the stone breakwater known as The Cobb, which has long shielded its harbour from the relentless shove of the English Channel. Today, the local economy relies heavily on a seasonal tide of visitors who come to search the shoreline for ammonites or to browse the artisan stalls at the Town Mill. The pale, salt-bleached light reflecting off the water lends the harbour a singular, silver clarity that has drawn mariners and merchants for centuries.
Jane Austen found inspiration for her final novel while walking the steep, winding streets, and her presence remains a quiet ghost in the literary consciousness of the place. The Marine Theatre commands a view of the churning surf, offering a stage where the wind often provides a dramatic, unscripted chorus to the performances within. Visitors frequently gather near the Admiral Sir George Somers monument to watch the shifting horizon, a practice as enduring as the stubborn stone of the harbour walls. The cultural character of Lyme Regis is defined by this intersection of scientific curiosity and artistic reverie, where the grit of the beach meets the refinement of Regency architecture. Every summer, the town swells with the vibrant energy of the Fossil Festival, celebrating the ancient history buried beneath the feet of those who wander its shore.
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About This Lyme Regis, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lyme Regis, 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 Lyme Regis includes coordinates 50.725152, -2.936509, 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 Lyme Regis is available on the Lyme Regis 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.