Southford, Isle of Wight Weather
About Southford, Isle of Wight
Southford remains a quiet cluster of dwellings where the chalky spine of the Isle of Wight yields to the softer, greener folds of the southern landscape. It lies 2.9 miles west-north-west of Ventnor (from Ventnor: bearing 287°T, OS grid SZ 517 788), and is situated north-north-west of Whitwell village. The character of Southford is defined by the hush of its lanes, where the light often seems to linger longer against the pale stone walls of older farmsteads. A short distance to the east, the medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor offer a lingering sense of weight to the earth, as if the soil itself remembers the centuries of toil once spent upon it. To the west, the gentle slopes of Wydcombe Park provide a verdant contrast to the rigorous order of the surrounding agricultural fields. The air here carries the faint, salt-tinged scent of the nearby coast, yet the hamlet maintains a secluded composure, indifferent to the busier thoroughfares of the island. Southford persists as a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, marked by the slow turning of the foliage and the shifting shadows across the valley floor. Small, unpretentious, and enduring, the hamlet holds its own quiet dignity amidst the rolling contours of the South East.
Flight conditions near Southford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Southford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Southford, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southford, 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 Southford includes coordinates 50.607375, -1.269766, 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 Southford is available on the Southford 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.