Keyhaven, Hampshire Weather
About Keyhaven, Hampshire
Keyhaven guards the threshold where the solid earth of the New Forest yields to the relentless, salt-edged ambition of the Solent. It lies 2.7 miles south-south-west of Lymington (from Lymington: bearing 207°T, OS grid SZ 304 915), and is situated east-south-east of Milford on Sea village. Salt marshes stretch out like wrinkled velvet, their intricate channels reflecting a sky that seems wider and more grey-blue than the heavens above the inland woods. The horizon is dominated by the long, shingle spine of Hurst Beach, a natural breakwater that has long shielded this coast from the fury of the English Channel. Beyond the quiet harbour, the brackish waters of the Keyhaven Marshes provide a sanctuary for wading birds, whose sudden, piercing cries often cut through the heavy silence of the tide. At the edge of the wetlands, the water of Sturt Pond mirrors the passing clouds, its stillness a stark contrast to the churning currents that pull at the distant shingle banks. Keyhaven maintains a modest maritime character, defined more by the rhythmic labour of small fishing boats than by the grand gestures of history. Here, the air tastes of brine and cold iron, a reminder that the land is merely a guest of the sea, perpetually shaped by the slow, grinding patience of the waves.
Flight conditions near Keyhaven. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Keyhaven and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Keyhaven, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Keyhaven, 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 Keyhaven includes coordinates 50.723053, -1.570586, 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 Keyhaven is available on the Keyhaven 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.