Wick, Dorset Weather
About Wick, Dorset
Wick holds a quiet geography where the salt-heavy air of the Dorset coast meets the slow, deliberate currents of the River Stour. It lies 0.8 miles south of Christchurch (from Christchurch: bearing 173°T, OS grid SZ 156 919). The landscape here is defined by low-lying meadows and the sudden, ancient presence of the earth, where the Bowl Barrow 390M East Of Tuckton Roundabout rises as a silent, grassy sentinel from the soil. Wick maintains a suburban composure, balancing the modern sprawl of residential lanes against the enduring weight of the nearby Pre-Conquest Monastery, Early Christian Cemetery, Augustinian Priory And A Motte And Bailey Castle At Christchurch. Sunlight often catches the edges of the river, casting long, sharp shadows across the flat fields that stretch toward the harbour mouth. Residents of Wick navigate a terrain shaped by the proximity of the water, where the horizon feels vast and the sky carries the changing moods of the English Channel. The architecture here avoids grandiosity, preferring a modest, functional grace that allows the surrounding greenery to dictate the rhythm of the day. Every turn in the road reminds one that Wick exists in the long, lingering shadow of its monastic neighbour, where the pulse of the medieval past still beats beneath the pavement.
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Live animated radar for Wick and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wick, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wick, 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 Wick includes coordinates 50.727178, -1.779567, 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 Wick is available on the Wick 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.