Rock, Isle of Wight Weather
About Rock, Isle of Wight
Rock reveals itself as a modest collection of dwellings tucked into the quiet folds of the Isle of Wight’s southern landscape. It lies 5.6 miles south-east of Yarmouth (from Yarmouth: bearing 131°T, OS grid SZ 425 838), and is situated north-north-west of Brighstone village. Sunlight here has a peculiar, pale clarity that catches the flint walls and heavy, weathered tiles of the older houses. Just a short walk away, the remains of the Rock Roman Villa lie quiet beneath the turf, a silent reminder of those who first cleared the chalky soil. To the north, the rising slopes of Brighstone Down draw the eye upward, where the land meets a wide, restless sky. The air in Rock often carries the sharp, salt-edged scent of the nearby English Channel, moving inland over the rolling fields. Ancient barrows rise like soft, green swells from the higher ground, grounding the horizon in a deep, pre-industrial stillness. Life in Rock follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding farmland, untroubled by the haste of the modern world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rock, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock, 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 Rock includes coordinates 50.652803, -1.399881, 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 Rock is available on the Rock 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.