Ham, Somerset Weather
About Ham, Somerset
Ham emerges from the flat, reclaimed expanse of the Somerset Levels as a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the vast, open sky above the Severn Estuary. It lies 1.6 miles north-north-east of Burnham-on-Sea (from Burnham-on-Sea: bearing 28°T, OS grid ST 319 515), and is situated west of Brent Knoll village. The horizon here is dominated by the solitary, rounded rise of Brent Knoll, which casts a long, thoughtful shadow across the fields towards the homes of Ham during the golden hour of late afternoon. Salt-laden air travels inland from the nearby Berrow Dunes SSSi, carrying a sharpness that keeps the surrounding pastures crisp and clear even on humid days. The landscape remains stubbornly low-lying, a reminder of the ancient sea that once claimed this ground before the slow work of drainage turned the marsh into productive grazing land. Residents of Ham often look toward the elevated earthworks of the Brent Knoll Hillfort and Associated Field System, where the ghosts of Iron Age life still seem to watch over the modern lanes. This is a place where the light shifts with the incoming tide, turning the sky into a palette of bruised greys and pale, washed-out indigos. Life in Ham follows the unhurried rotation of the seasons, rooted in a soil that remembers the tides long after the water has retreated to the coast.
Flight conditions near Ham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Ham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ham, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ham, 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 Ham includes coordinates 51.25947, -2.976894, 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 Ham is available on the Ham 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.