Chawton, Hampshire Weather
About Chawton, Hampshire
Chawton reveals itself through the low, slanted light that catches the flint and brickwork of its quiet lanes. It lies 1.2 miles south-south-west of Alton (from Alton: bearing 208°T, OS grid SU 708 375), and is situated south-east of Beech village. The landscape here is defined by the rolling chalk contours of the South Downs National Park, which lends a meditative stillness to the surrounding fields. Residents and visitors alike find a sense of continuity in the weathered timber of Jane Austen’s House Museum, where the air seems held in a permanent, literary suspension. A short distance away, the expansive grounds of Chawton House stretch across ninety-three hectares, their formal gardens offering a deliberate counterpoint to the wilder, unkempt edges of the nearby woodland. The seasonal pulse of the countryside is marked by the subtle shifts in the Lavant Stream, which carries the winter rains away from the chalk aquifer with a persistent, liquid murmur. Chawton retains a character formed by centuries of agricultural patience, where the shadows of ancient trees lengthen across the road as the evening settles. This geography of quietude invites a slow observation of the horizon, where the sky meets the earth in a pale, muted harmony.
Flight conditions near Chawton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Chawton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Chawton, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chawton, Hampshire, 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 Chawton includes coordinates 51.132855, -0.989192, in the county of Hampshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Chawton is available on the Chawton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Hampshire 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.