Limerstone, Isle of Wight Weather
About Limerstone, Isle of Wight
Limerstone emerges from the rolling chalk landscape of the Isle of Wight as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the ancient rhythm of the soil. It lies 5.4 miles south-west of Newport (from Newport: bearing 221°T, OS grid SZ 443 825), and is situated west-south-west of Shorwell village. The earth here holds a stubborn, flinty character, where the light catches the pale stone of the older houses during the long, slanted hours of a late afternoon. To the east, the water of the Shorwell Stream carves a cooling path through the verdant valley, providing a constant, low-frequency pulse to the surrounding fields. Limerstone remains tethered to the agricultural traditions of the island, its fields rising toward the high, silent ridges of the downs. Ancient earthworks, such as the round barrows on Cheverton Down, watch over the hamlet from the north like weathered sentinels carved from the very chalk they inhabit. The air in Limerstone carries the faint, sharp tang of the English Channel, reminding those who walk its lanes that the sea is never truly absent from the horizon. Each season arrives with a distinct weight, turning the heavy clays of the lower slopes into a mirror for the shifting, grey-blue skies.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Limerstone, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Limerstone, Isle of Wight, 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 Limerstone includes coordinates 50.640556, -1.374468, in the county of Isle of Wight, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Limerstone is available on the Limerstone map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Isle of Wight 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.