Southill, Dorset Weather
About Southill, Dorset
Southill occupies a quiet expanse of suburban Dorset, where the coastal light softens the sharp edges of modern brickwork. It lies 1.1 miles east of Chickerell (from Chickerell: bearing 89°T, OS grid SY 663 806). The terrain here slopes gently toward the reeds and tidal flats of the Radipole Lake SSSI, a basin that holds the grey, shifting reflections of the English sky. Residents often walk the perimeter of these wetlands, watching the waterbirds navigate the silt-heavy channels that define the southern boundary. To the north, the Humpty Dumpty Field remains a quiet, humped monument to a different age, its grassy slopes rising above the suburban roofs like a slow-moving wave. The air in Southill carries a faint, salt-crusted coolness, a reminder that the sea is never far from the local consciousness. Evenings bring a stillness to the pavements, where the streetlights illuminate the damp tarmac in pools of pale, artificial amber. It is a place of functional comfort, defined more by its proximity to the water’s edge than by the noise of industry.
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Live animated radar for Southill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Southill, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southill, 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 Southill includes coordinates 50.62468, -2.477752, 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 Southill is available on the Southill 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.