Cumnor, Oxfordshire Weather
About Cumnor, Oxfordshire
Cumnor commands a ridge of limestone that looks out over the wide, flat reaches of the upper Thames basin. It lies 3.5 miles west-south-west of Oxford (from Oxford: bearing 250°T, OS grid SP 460 042), and is situated west of Chawley village. The earth here holds the damp chill of the valley, yet Cumnor retains a sharp, clear air that carries the scent of ancient stone and turned soil across its quiet lanes. To the south, the Cumnor SSSI preserves a rare, rough patch of heathland where the sunlight catches the stubborn gorse in a pale, dusty gold. The limestone walls of the old cottages seem to soak up the waning afternoon light, turning a soft, weathered ochre that anchors the houses firmly to the slope. A short distance to the east, the woods of Hurst Hill SSSI stand as a dark, impenetrable screen against the horizon, shielding the rooftops from the harsher winds of the plain. History clings to the parish church of St Michael, where the heavy, silent masonry marks the passing of centuries with a cold, enduring patience. The landscape offers no grand gestures, only the steady, rhythmic incline of the ground and the flicker of shadows lengthening over the garden hedges.
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About This Cumnor, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cumnor, Oxfordshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cumnor includes coordinates 51.734781, -1.334909, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Cumnor is available on the Cumnor map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Oxfordshire 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.