Silkhay, Dorset Weather
About Silkhay, Dorset
Silkhay emerges from the West Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It lies 2.1 miles south-south-west of Beaminster (from Beaminster: bearing 213°T, OS grid SY 461 985), and is situated south-west of Netherbury village. The terrain here holds a stubborn, earthen gravity, where the light catches the flint and limestone in a way that makes the afternoon seem longer than elsewhere. To the north-west, the ancient earthworks of the Bowl Barrow 230M North East Of Great Strode House rise as a silent, grassy sentinel over the shifting agricultural fields. Nearby, the rows of vines at the Furleigh Estate Wine Tours trace precise, rhythmic lines across the slope, marking a modern industry that thrives in this particular pocket of the county. A wanderer might find the air near the hedgerows carries a faint, sharp scent of damp earth and crushed clover, a sensory reminder of the deep, heavy soil that feeds the surrounding orchards. Silkhay remains largely untouched by the clamour of the modern world, preferring the steady, predictable hum of rural life. The horizon here is dominated by the gentle folds of the land, providing a sense of enclosure that keeps the wind at bay during the colder months.
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Live animated radar for Silkhay and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Silkhay, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Silkhay, 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 Silkhay includes coordinates 50.783956, -2.765205, 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 Silkhay is available on the Silkhay 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.