Burton, Somerset Weather
About Burton, Somerset
Burton commands a modest prominence above the low-lying fields of Somerset, where the horizon broadens under a wide, pale sky. It lies 2.0 miles south-west of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 221°T, OS grid ST 534 134), and is situated east-north-east of Holywell village. Shallow limestone ridges rise to meet the light here, casting long, thin shadows across the meadows as the afternoon sun wanes. Beneath the turf, the faint, geometric ghosts of the Chessels Roman Villa remain, a quiet reminder of lives once lived upon this same slope. To the south, Slaford Bottom carves a gentle, verdant crease into the earth, channelling the runoff from the higher ground toward the unseen reaches of the valley. Burton maintains a stillness that defies the encroaching pace of the nearby market town, its lanes winding with a stubborn, ancient logic. The damp air often carries the scent of turned soil and the sharp, clean mineral tang of the local stone. Residents of Burton look out over a landscape where history is not a museum piece, but a quiet, living weight carried by the land itself.
Flight conditions near Burton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Burton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Burton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burton, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Burton includes coordinates 50.918708, -2.66426, 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 Burton is available on the Burton 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.