Houndstone, Somerset Weather
About Houndstone, Somerset
Houndstone stretches across the Somerset landscape as a modern suburban extension, defined by the quiet intersection of residential streets and the encroaching reach of the surrounding fields. It lies 2.0 miles west-north-west of Yeovil (from Yeovil: bearing 292°T, OS grid ST 526 170), and is situated south of Chilthorne Domer village. Winter light here often hangs low and pale, catching the grey render of houses and the hard, functional tarmac of the roads. Residents frequently traverse the short distance to the Roman Villa at Lufton, where the ancient, earth-bound stone remnants offer a stark contrast to the contemporary architecture of the nearby dwellings. Beyond the housing, the terrain slopes gently toward the quiet path of Ball's Water, a stream that marks the northern edge of the local geography with a persistent, cold clarity. The proximity of the South Somerset Heritage Collection provides a tether to the wider history of the region, housing fragments of a past that long predates the arrival of the suburban grid. Houndstone maintains a pragmatic character, grounded in the transition between the dense urban pulse of Yeovil and the open, working farmland that eventually yields to the horizon.
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About This Houndstone, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Houndstone, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Houndstone includes coordinates 50.951312, -2.675758, 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 Houndstone is available on the Houndstone 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.