Rookley, Isle of Wight Weather
About Rookley, Isle of Wight
Rookley occupies a quiet, inland stretch of the Isle of Wight where the land begins to shed its coastal austerity for the softer, clay-rich folds of the central downs. It lies 3.3 miles south of Newport (from Newport: bearing 172°T, OS grid SZ 507 839), and is situated east-south-east of Chillerton village. The horizon here is defined by the gentle rise of Lode Hill and Elliot's Hill, which catch the low-slung, golden light of late afternoon and hold it against the darkening hedgerows. Below these elevations, the damp, sequestered expanse of The Wilderness SSSI provides a sanctuary for rare dragonflies and reeds that shiver in the prevailing south-westerly winds. Rookley maintains a character rooted in the rhythms of the surrounding chalk and greensand, far from the salt-spray of the island's famous cliffs. Residents traverse roads that trace the ancient contours of the landscape, moving between the dispersed clusters of houses that define the local geography. Autumnal mists often cling to the lower fields, blurring the boundary between the cultivated gardens and the wilder, unmanaged patches of scrub. This is a place where the stillness is punctuated only by the seasonal migration of birds and the faint, persistent murmur of the wind through the tall grasses.
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About This Rookley, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rookley, 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 Rookley includes coordinates 50.65326, -1.283328, 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 Rookley is available on the Rookley 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.