Rodden, Dorset Weather
About Rodden, Dorset
Rodden emerges from the Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of stone and shadow, defined by the slow persistence of the agricultural earth. It lies 3.1 miles north-west of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 316°T, OS grid SY 610 842), and is situated north of Langton Herring village. The land here rises towards the west, where the modest spine of Merry Hill catches the low, pale light of the waning afternoon. To the north-east, the terrain folds into the hollow of Hell Bottom, a feature that holds the morning mist long after the sun has touched the higher ridges. The limestone buildings of Rodden reflect a history bound to the soil, their walls weathered by the salt-heavy winds that drift inland from the nearby coast. Paths radiate from the centre, leading travellers across fields where the grass grows thick and grey-green against the horizon. Such silence defines the character of Rodden, where the pace of life mimics the patient growth of the hedgerows. Every stone and furrow here holds a stark, unadorned beauty that demands little from the observer beyond a steady gaze.
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Live animated radar for Rodden and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rodden, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rodden, 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 Rodden includes coordinates 50.656412, -2.551735, 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 Rodden is available on the Rodden 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.