Downend, Hampshire Weather
About Downend, Hampshire
Downend reveals itself as a quiet expanse where the Hampshire landscape gently yields to the encroaching tides of the Solent. It lies 0.9 miles east of Fareham (from Fareham: bearing 95°T, OS grid SU 594 060). The terrain here carries the scars of geological industry, most notably at the Downend Chalk Pit Sssi, where the exposed white strata capture a stark, brilliant light that seems to defy the soft grey of the coastal sky. A short distance away, the low-lying wetlands of Wicor Hard draw the eye southward, where the brackish water reflects the shifting moods of the channel. The air in Downend often tastes of salt, carried inland by currents that have shaped the contours of the earth over countless centuries. Local paths wind through this transition zone, linking the sturdy remnants of suburban life with the wild, unkempt edges of the harbour. As the sun moves, the shadows cast by the surrounding ridges grow long and thin, lending a melancholy grace to the fields and hedgerows. Downend remains a place of subtle transitions, where the weight of the land meets the restless, rhythmic pulse of the nearby sea.
Flight conditions near Downend. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Downend and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Downend, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Downend, 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 Downend includes coordinates 50.851206, -1.156384, 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 Downend is available on the Downend 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.