Penn, Dorset Weather
About Penn, Dorset
Penn emerges from the Dorset landscape as a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the high, rolling contours of the surrounding terrain. It lies 2.0 miles north of Lyme Regis (from Lyme Regis: bearing 4°T, OS grid SY 342 954), and is situated east-south-east of Raymond's Hill village. Beneath the pale, shifting light of the West Country, the earth here rises sharply toward Penn Hill, where the soil clings to the steep slopes with a stubborn, ancient tenacity. The air carries a salt-flecked sharpness from the coast, yet the immediate surroundings remain tethered to the deep, verdant stillness of the hinterland. To the west, the hidden folds of Harcombe Bottom draw the moisture of the lowlands into a cool, shadowed sanctuary of fern and damp earth. Penn remains a place of subtle transitions, where the hard geometry of the stone walls meets the unruly growth of the hedgerows. The horizon is broad and unencumbered, offering a view that stretches across the parish toward the distant, shimmering line of the English Channel.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Penn, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Penn, 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 Penn includes coordinates 50.754655, -2.933412, 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 Penn is available on the Penn 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.