Hele, Somerset Weather
About Hele, Somerset
Hele anchors the verdant folds of the Somerset countryside with a quiet, persistent gravity. It lies 2.3 miles west of Taunton (from Taunton: bearing 269°T, OS grid ST 186 243), and is situated south-south-west of Norton Fitzwarren village. The land here rises to meet the sky at Hele Hill, where the slope catches the afternoon light and holds it in the long, pale grasses. A short distance away, the waters of the Allerford Brook trace a silver seam through the damp earth, moving with a steady, liquid pulse that has defined the local geography for centuries. Hele remains defined by this modest topography, where the air smells faintly of turned soil and the encroaching damp of the nearby brook. Time moves differently under the wide Somerset clouds, lingering over the hedgerows that mark the boundaries of fields and ancient lanes. The horizon is rarely jagged, instead offering a soft, rolling rhythm that echoes the slow pace of the agricultural life still practised in these parts. Here, Hele keeps its own counsel, unbothered by the frantic pulse of the modern world.
Flight conditions near Hele. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hele and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hele, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hele, 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 Hele includes coordinates 51.012544, -3.160448, 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 Hele is available on the Hele 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.