Rowlands, Dorset Weather
About Rowlands, Dorset
Rowlands maintains a quiet, unassuming posture upon the Dorset landscape, defined by its proximity to the ancient rhythms of the nearby market town. It lies 0.4 miles east-north-east of Wimborne Minster (from Wimborne Minster: bearing 69°T, OS grid SU 015 002). The light here possesses a particular silver quality, reflecting off the damp earth and the low-lying fields that stretch toward the horizon. Residents of Rowlands often walk the short distance to the Museum of East Dorset, where the layers of regional history are held in glass cases and timber-framed rooms. Beyond the domestic boundaries, the landscape opens into a series of archaeological echoes, including the barrows near St Michael’s Middle School that suggest a long-forgotten occupation of these gentle slopes. A quiet industry persists in the peripheral spaces, where the legacy of water-powered production still informs the identity of the wider parish. Even as the modern world encroaches, Rowlands retains a stubborn, pastoral integrity that resists the frantic pace of the wider county. The air carries the scent of cooling stone and distant, rain-washed meadows, grounding the day in a physical reality that feels both permanent and fleeting.
Flight conditions near Rowlands. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Rowlands and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rowlands, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rowlands, 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 Rowlands includes coordinates 50.801699, -1.978677, 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 Rowlands is available on the Rowlands 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.