Portland Bill, Dorset Weather
About Portland Bill, Dorset
Portland Bill commands the jagged tip of a limestone peninsula where the sea endlessly worries the stubborn edges of the earth. It lies 2.9 miles south-south-west of Fortuneswell (from Fortuneswell: bearing 192°T, OS grid SY 677 687), and is situated south-west of Southwell village. Salt-crusted winds scour the low-lying terrain, leaving the sparse grass to cling tenaciously to the thin, chalky soil. A traveller approaching the headland finds the iconic Portland Bill Lighthouse rising as a stark, red-and-white sentinel against the restless grey of the English Channel. Beyond the reach of the lantern, the Portland Open Fields offer a rugged expanse of ancient, strip-cultivated earth that speaks of a long-standing human struggle to harvest life from the rock. The air here holds a sharp, metallic clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the swirling tides that collide with relentless force at the Bill. Further inland, the quiet remnants of the Portland Bill Stone Loading Quay suggest a time when the island’s heavy, pale stone was hewn and shipped to build the great monuments of the capital. Portland Bill remains a place of profound exposure, where the horizon feels vast and the land seems perpetually on the point of drifting out into the deep.
Flight conditions near Portland Bill. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Portland Bill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Portland Bill, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Portland Bill, 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 Portland Bill includes coordinates 50.517329, -2.455664, 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 Portland Bill is available on the Portland Bill 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.