Cloford, Somerset Weather
About Cloford, Somerset
Limestone ridges and verdant folds of earth define the quiet character of Cloford. It lies 4.1 miles south-west of Frome (from Frome: bearing 234°T, OS grid ST 722 441), and is situated south-west of Nunney village. Cloford holds a stark, geological stillness, shaped by the ancient rock strata that break through the soil in weathered grey outcrops. A short distance to the north-west, the Cloford Quarry SSSI reveals a deep, scarred history of the earth, where the stillness of the present meets the heavy silence of extracted stone. The landscape here does not merely exist; it hums with the slow, subterranean shifts of the Mendip periphery. Nearby, the Holwell Quarries SSSI further illuminates this rugged identity, offering a glimpse into the skeletal foundations upon which the local fields depend. Autumn light here is thin and sharp, catching the edges of drystone walls that trace the boundaries of Cloford like long, dormant veins. These silent margins provide a sanctuary for the mind, where the rush of the world feels distant and entirely uninvited.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cloford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cloford, 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 Cloford includes coordinates 51.195619, -2.398384, 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 Cloford is available on the Cloford 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.