Ventnor, Isle of Wight Weather
About Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Ventnor clings to the raw, crumbling undercliff of the Isle of Wight, where the terrain pitches sharply toward the grey, churning English Channel. It lies 2.5 miles south-south-west of Shanklin (from Shanklin: bearing 207°T, OS grid SZ 563 775), and is situated south-south-east of Wroxall village. Victorian entrepreneurs once transformed this rugged slope into a fashionable health retreat, banking on the mild climate to draw those seeking the restorative salt-air. The economy shifted long ago from agrarian struggle to a seasonal rhythm of visitors, leaving the stone buildings to weather the persistent, salty lash of the tides.
Ventnor Park offers a verdant, sheltered refuge where the wind loses its bite, allowing exotic flora to thrive in the island’s peculiar warmth. Below the steep streets, The Cascades tumble toward the shoreline, a persistent reminder of the water that constantly reshapes the coastline. The writer Anthony Minghella found his early inspiration here, breathing in the same bracing atmosphere that still defines the local character. Today, the quiet pride of the place persists in the maintenance of its public gardens, where the light hits the foliage with a peculiar, golden clarity that seems to hold the afternoon still.
Flight conditions near Ventnor. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Ventnor and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ventnor, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ventnor, 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 Ventnor includes coordinates 50.594997, -1.205899, 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 Ventnor is available on the Ventnor 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.