Little Atherfield, Isle of Wight Weather
About Little Atherfield, Isle of Wight
Little Atherfield commands a quiet corner of the Isle of Wight where the salt-heavy air drifts inland from the English Channel. It lies 6.1 miles south-south-west of Newport (from Newport: bearing 203°T, OS grid SZ 461 800), and is situated west of Chale Green village. The landscape here is defined by a rugged, geological patience, as Little Atherfield resides entirely within the expansive Compton Chine To Steephill Cove Sssi, a designation that preserves the fragile, crumbling cliffs and fossil-rich strata of the coast. To the west, the rhythmic pulse of the tides echoes through Shepherd's Chine, where water carves deep, narrow veins into the soft sandstone. The terrain rises gently toward the rise of Warren Hill, offering a vantage point where the light turns pale and silvery, illuminating the transition from farmland to the wild, eroding edge of the island. Atherfield Brook winds its way toward the sea, a modest ribbon of water that has spent centuries shaping the low-lying fields surrounding the hamlet. This corner of the world remains a place of subtle shifts, where the wind carries the scent of brine and the soil feels heavy with the memory of ancient, submerged forests.
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About This Little Atherfield, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little Atherfield, 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 Little Atherfield includes coordinates 50.618481, -1.348568, 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 Little Atherfield is available on the Little Atherfield 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.