Preston, Dorset Weather
About Preston, Dorset
Preston maintains a steady, salt-edged composure as the coastal winds sweep across the lowlands of Dorset. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-east of Weymouth (from Weymouth: bearing 28°T, OS grid SY 702 830), and is situated west of Osmington village. A quiet weight of antiquity hangs over the ground here, where the earth still holds the foundations of the Preston Roman Villa in its cooling clay. To the west, the slopes of the multi-period archaeological landscape rise sharply, carrying the ghost of a hillfort that once surveyed the rhythmic churning of the English Channel. The light in these parts possesses a peculiar, silver-grey clarity that sharpens the outlines of the limestone hills against the horizon. Walking the paths near the Statue of Seven Acres, one senses the persistence of the past beneath the modern tarmac and trimmed hedges. Preston serves as a bridge between the deep, silent history of the chalk ridges and the restless, shifting tides of the bay. The landscape remains a patient witness to the centuries, indifferent to the small human movements that drift across its verdant, sloping face.
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Live animated radar for Preston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Preston, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Preston, 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 Preston includes coordinates 50.646377, -2.42243, 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 Preston is available on the Preston 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.