Southam, Gloucestershire Weather
About Southam, Gloucestershire
Southam reveals its character through the limestone grit of its lanes and the quiet endurance of its stone walls. It lies 2.4 miles north-east of Cheltenham (from Cheltenham: bearing 37°T, OS grid SO 971 254), and is situated north of Prestbury village. The landscape rises sharply to the east, where the slopes of Cleeve Common SSSI exert a gravitational pull on the horizon, drawing the eye toward the high, windswept limestone grasslands. Southam sits in the shadow of this geological transition, where the heavy clays of the Severn Vale meet the abrupt, rising escarpment of the Cotswolds. A short distance to the east, the earthwork on Cleeve Common remains as a faint, grassy scar, marking the efforts of ancient hands that once shaped this high ground. The light here often catches the pale, honey-coloured masonry of the older dwellings, turning them a sudden, brilliant white against the darkening clouds rolling in from the west. History feels less like a narrative and more like a physical presence, lingering in the stillness of the fields where the land has been worked for centuries. Even the air seems to hold a particular density, carrying the scent of damp earth and the distant, cooling breath of the hills.
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About This Southam, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southam, Gloucestershire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Southam includes coordinates 51.927945, -2.043029, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Southam is available on the Southam map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Gloucestershire 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.