Rixon, Dorset Weather
About Rixon, Dorset
Rixon maintains a quiet composure amidst the rolling topography of the Blackmore Vale. It lies 0.7 miles north-east of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 46°T, OS grid ST 794 149). The morning light here often catches the damp, verdant banks of Chivrick’s Brook, which meanders eastward with a persistent, rhythmic clarity. Residents of Rixon experience a landscape defined by its agricultural heritage and the steady, unpretentious pace of rural Dorset life. To the south, the expansive canopy of Piddles Wood SSSI offers a dense, ancient sanctuary that shifts in character with the turning of the seasons. Rixon remains a place where the horizon is dominated not by grand architecture, but by the subtle intersection of hedgerow, field, and sky. The air here carries the faint, bracing scent of turning earth, grounding the quiet lanes in a reality that feels both permanent and observant.
Flight conditions near Rixon. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Rixon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rixon, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rixon, 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 Rixon includes coordinates 50.933411, -2.294149, 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 Rixon is available on the Rixon 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.