The Common, Dorset Weather
About The Common, Dorset
The Common draws its character from the quiet, low-lying fields that define this corner of the Blackmore Vale. It lies 1.9 miles south of Sturminster Newton (from Sturminster Newton: bearing 177°T, OS grid ST 787 110), and is situated south of Broad Oak village. Ancient earthworks mark the high ground to the north, where the Hillfort On Banbury Hill keeps a silent watch over the verdant pastures. Darknoll Brook meanders through the landscape to the east, carving a path through the heavy clay soil that has long dictated the rhythm of local husbandry. The light here often hangs heavy and golden, catching the moisture that rises from the damp earth after a sudden Dorset rain. Walking the tracks around The Common, one senses the persistence of a pastoral life that has resisted the frantic pace of the modern world. Hedgerows thick with hawthorn and hazel delineate the boundaries of fields that have been tilled for generations. This quietude is the defining quality of The Common, where the land speaks only through the rustle of grass and the occasional cry of a circling buzzard.
Flight conditions near The Common. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for The Common and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This The Common, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Common, 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 The Common includes coordinates 50.898786, -2.302874, 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 The Common is available on the The Common 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.