Portswood, Hampshire Weather
About Portswood, Hampshire
Portswood radiates a distinct suburban vitality, drawing its character from the busy arteries that connect the historic heart of Hampshire to the northern reaches of the region. It lies 1.7 miles north-north-east of Southampton (from Southampton: bearing 25°T, OS grid SU 431 144). The landscape here is defined by a rhythmic transition from the dense urban bustle to the lingering, quiet echoes of the past. To the east, the weathered stone of St Denys Priory stands as a silent witness to centuries of passage, grounding the modern streetscape in a deeper, more sombre chronology. Sunlight frequently catches the high-pitched roofs of the local dwellings, casting long, inquisitive shadows across the pavements during the late afternoon. Beyond the immediate commerce of the high street, the proximity of Southampton Common offers a vast, verdant lung where the air carries a crisp, open quality often absent from the tighter confines of the city. This particular geography encourages a fluid movement of people, blending the academic influence of nearby institutions with the steady, unpretentious pace of domestic life. Portswood remains a place where the insistent hum of contemporary progress is softened by the enduring presence of the river and the ancient, quiet earth beneath it.
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Live animated radar for Portswood and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Portswood, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Portswood, 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 Portswood includes coordinates 50.927655, -1.38783, 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 Portswood is available on the Portswood 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.