Holton, Somerset Weather
About Holton, Somerset
Holton emerges from the quiet Somerset landscape as a cluster of stone and slate held fast by the ancient rhythms of the land. It lies 2.0 miles west-south-west of Wincanton (from Wincanton: bearing 238°T, OS grid ST 685 269), and is situated north-north-west of North Cheriton village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular grace, lifting the eye toward the slopes of Hunger Hill, which looms just a short distance to the north-north-west. Beneath the expansive sky, the fields maintain a somber, fertile stillness that speaks of centuries of careful husbandry. To the south-south-west, the rise of Cheriton Hill catches the amber light of late afternoon, casting long, lean shadows across the pastures that surround Holton. The local architecture remains anchored by the heavy, enduring presence of limestone, a material that seems to absorb the damp, cool air of the South West. Paths wind between the hedgerows with the persistence of old watercourses, connecting the scattered homesteads in a loose, unforced geometry. In the quiet intervals between the rustle of the wind and the call of birds, Holton reveals a character defined not by grand monuments, but by the steady, unadorned endurance of its soil and stone.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Holton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Holton, 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 Holton includes coordinates 51.040606, -2.449983, 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 Holton is available on the Holton 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.