Stoke Wake, Dorset Weather
About Stoke Wake, Dorset
Stoke Wake reveals itself as a quiet gathering of dwellings caught in the amber glow of the Dorset chalk downs. It lies 5.1 miles south-south-west of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 200°T, OS grid ST 758 065), and is situated west-south-west of Woolland village. The land here rises with a heavy, deliberate grace, lifting the gaze toward the ancient earthworks of Rawlsbury Camp that crown the ridge to the south-east. Below these heights, the terrain falls away into the hidden folds of Skinners Bottom, where the air holds a cooler, damp stillness long after the morning sun has claimed the fields. Stoke Wake exists in a landscape of sharp contrasts, where the open, wind-scoured summits give way to the thick, protective shadows of the Delcombe Woodlands. Stone walls and flint-flecked paths trace the borders of pastures that have known the slow tread of livestock for centuries. The light in this corner of the county possesses a particular clarity, catching the pale limestone of the local architecture and turning it to silver as the afternoon wanes. Farmers still work the clay-heavy soils with a persistence that mirrors the enduring, unadorned character of the place.
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About This Stoke Wake, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stoke Wake, 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 Stoke Wake includes coordinates 50.857639, -2.344136, 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 Stoke Wake is available on the Stoke Wake 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.