Badbury, Somerset Weather
About Badbury, Somerset
Badbury remains a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the low, damp rhythms of the Somerset levels. It lies 3.3 miles north of Ilminster (from Ilminster: bearing 350°T, OS grid ST 350 200), and is situated south of Isle Abbotts village. The Fivehead River winds its way through the landscape just 0.6 miles to the west-north-west, drawing a thin, silver thread through the fields that dictates the slow drainage of the heavy clay soil. In the soft light of an autumn afternoon, the horizon flattens, revealing the subtle elevation of Golden Hill rising to the east-southeast. Badbury feels anchored by these modest shifts in topography, where the water table rises to meet the roots of ancient hedges. Farmsteads here have long turned their faces toward the sky, watching the clouds gather over the open, working acres that stretch toward the horizon. The character of Badbury is forged by this intimate proximity to the water’s edge and the persistent, unadorned endurance of the land.
Flight conditions near Badbury. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Badbury and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Badbury, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Badbury, Somerset, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Badbury includes coordinates 50.97575, -2.926615, in the county of Somerset, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Badbury is available on the Badbury map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Somerset 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.