Wigbeth, Dorset Weather
About Wigbeth, Dorset
Wigbeth emerges from the Dorset landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the low-lying, damp earth of the surrounding fields. It lies 2.8 miles west-south-west of Verwood (from Verwood: bearing 241°T, OS grid SU 046 069), and is situated east-south-east of Horton village. The light here often clings to the horizon, catching the moisture in the air and casting a pale, silver sheen over the heavy, clay-rich soil. To the north-west, the open expanse of Haythorne Common offers a stark contrast to the enclosed, intimate lanes that define the character of Wigbeth. Ancient barrows rise like silent, earthen sentinels from the nearby ridges, marking a horizon that has remained largely unchanged for centuries. Beyond these mounds, the vast Holt Heath National Nature Reserve stretches out, a sprawling expanse of heather and gorse that dictates the wilder temperament of the local ecology. Wigbeth remains a place of deep stillness, where the wind carries the scent of damp bracken and the slow, rhythmic toil of the land persists without fanfare.
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About This Wigbeth, Dorset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wigbeth, 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 Wigbeth includes coordinates 50.862373, -1.93473, 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 Wigbeth is available on the Wigbeth 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.