Roughdown, Hampshire Weather
About Roughdown, Hampshire
Roughdown emerges from the coastal fringe of Hampshire as a quiet threshold between the encroaching woodland and the salt-bitten air of the Solent. It lies 5.6 miles north-west of Cowes (from Cowes: bearing 315°T, OS grid SU 432 024), and is situated west of Blackfield village. This modest collection of dwellings rests securely within the protected expanse of the New Forest National Park, where the horizon is defined by the persistent, rugged character of the heath. Visitors wandering the lanes near Roughdown often encounter the ancient, silent earthworks of the Row Down Round Barrow Cemetery, where the shadows of past generations linger in the tall, wind-swept grasses. The landscape here is protected as part of the North Solent SSSI, a designation that preserves the fragile, brackish wetlands from the pressures of modern expansion. Sunlight often catches the damp expanses of the low-lying marshes, casting a pale, silver illumination that shifts with the turning tide. Roughdown maintains a stoic presence, indifferent to the haste of the world beyond its quiet, leafy borders.
Flight conditions near Roughdown. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Roughdown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Roughdown, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roughdown, 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 Roughdown includes coordinates 50.819843, -1.387607, 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 Roughdown is available on the Roughdown 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.