Hungerford, Somerset Weather
About Hungerford, Somerset
Hungerford breathes with the quietude of the Somerset landscape, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and distant salt. It lies 2.5 miles south-west of Watchet (from Watchet: bearing 218°T, OS grid ST 046 403), and is situated south of Washford village. The light here catches the limestone ruins of Cleeve Abbey, casting long, melancholic shadows that stretch towards the orchard rows of the nearby Torre Cider Farm. Hungerford occupies a verdant pocket within Exmoor National Park, where the horizon dissolves into the soft, rolling contours of the moorland. Ancient stone fences divide the fields, marking the boundaries of a landscape that has long favoured the slow turning of the seasons over the clamour of modernity. The water of the local streams runs clear and cold, mirroring the heavy, grey-bellied clouds that frequently drift in from the Bristol Channel. One might discern the faint, enduring patience of the land in the way the sunlight lingers upon the quiet lanes, illuminating a history written in masonry rather than ink. Hungerford remains a place of singular composure, untroubled by the haste that defines the world beyond its borders.
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Live animated radar for Hungerford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hungerford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hungerford, 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 Hungerford includes coordinates 51.153979, -3.365207, 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 Hungerford is available on the Hungerford 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.