Norton Green, Isle of Wight Weather
About Norton Green, Isle of Wight
Norton Green marks a quiet intersection of grassy lanes where the salt-heavy air of the Solent meets the inland warmth of the Isle of Wight. It lies 1.2 miles south-west of Yarmouth (from Yarmouth: bearing 225°T, OS grid SZ 342 883), and is situated south of Norton village. The terrain here rises with a modest, deliberate grace, lifting the earth toward the elevated plateau of Golden Hill Park. Within this high ground, the buried remains of Golden Hill Fort lie as a silent, grassy sentinel, their stone bones hidden beneath the turf that Norton Green shares with the wider landscape. Sunlight catches the blades of grass on the common, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward the distant shimmer of the western coast. Beyond the immediate fields, the expansive, tidal reaches of the Yar Estuary Sssi pull at the horizon, a vast lung of water that dictates the slow, rhythmic breathing of the tides. Norton Green retains a singular, unbothered character, where the wind carries the faint, sharp scent of brine from the nearby chine. This is a place of steady ground and shifting light, where the island’s edge feels both ancient and remarkably present.
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Live animated radar for Norton Green and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Norton Green, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Norton Green, 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 Norton Green includes coordinates 50.694233, -1.51593, 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 Norton Green is available on the Norton Green 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.