Notton, Dorset Weather
About Notton, Dorset
Notton remains a quiet enclave of limestone and chalk, where the air carries the cool, damp breath of the Dorset Downs. It lies 6.0 miles west-north-west of Dorchester (from Dorchester: bearing 301°T, OS grid SY 609 958), and is situated west-north-west of Frampton village. The land here descends into the verdant floor of Notton Bottom, where the shadows of evening lengthen across the grass with a slow, deliberate weight. Ancient earthworks mark the high ground nearby, as the Two Bowl Barrows 1250M East Of Notton Hill Barn stand as silent sentinels over the turning seasons. Notton draws its character from this stark, elevated geography, where the wind scours the ridgelines and the light reveals the underlying structure of the earth. Agriculture continues to define the rhythm of the days, dictating the movement of machines and the cycles of the harvest. A profound stillness settles over the fields when the sun dips behind the distant hills, leaving the hedgerows to darken into deep, impenetrable silhouettes. This landscape offers a rare transparency, where the history of the soil is as visible as the clouds moving across the wide, unbothered sky.
Flight conditions near Notton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Notton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Notton, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Notton, 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 Notton includes coordinates 50.76071, -2.555584, 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 Notton is available on the Notton 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.