Fairdown, Hampshire Weather
About Fairdown, Hampshire
Fairdown occupies a quiet, elevated shoulder of the chalky Hampshire landscape, where the air holds the keen, clean edge of the nearby downs. It lies 0.7 miles east of Winchester (from Winchester: bearing 88°T, OS grid SU 495 294). The topography rises with a deliberate, steady purpose, offering a vantage that catches the low, golden light of late afternoon across its suburban lanes. To the east, the ancient earthworks of the Round Barrow Cemetery on Magdalen Hill Down mark the horizon, where the silence of the Bronze Age still presses against the modern boundary. Fairdown maintains a measured pace, shielded from the central bustle yet close enough to hear the faint, rhythmic chime of the city bells when the wind shifts. A short walk westward reveals the Saint Swithun's Performing Arts Centre, a structure that introduces a sharp, contemporary geometry to the verdant slope. The soil here, thin and chalk-rich, supports a resilience in the local gardens that defies the harshness of the winter frost. Sunlight often lingers upon the rooftops of Fairdown, illuminating the grey flint and brick with a clarity that renders the familiar streets stark and strangely beautiful.
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Live animated radar for Fairdown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Fairdown, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairdown, 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 Fairdown includes coordinates 51.062087, -1.29446, 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 Fairdown is available on the Fairdown 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.