Lawford, Somerset Weather
About Lawford, Somerset
Lawford emerges from the quiet Somerset landscape as a modest cluster of dwellings defined by the shifting moods of the West Country sky. It lies 5.7 miles south-east of Watchet (from Watchet: bearing 137°T, OS grid ST 132 365), and is situated west of Crowcombe village. The land here holds a particular gravity, as Lawford remains entirely contained within the protected ecological boundaries of The Quantocks SSSI. Ancient hedgerows trace the perimeter of the fields, where the light often catches the damp, dark earth in a way that makes the horizon feel both intimate and vast. To the east, the terrain rises toward the slopes of Crowcombe Combe, a valley that funnels the prevailing winds across the low-lying pastures. The air in these parts carries a sharp, clean scent of crushed bracken and wet stone, a reminder of the proximity to the high ridges of the hills. Residents here work the soil with a steady, pragmatic patience that has survived the turning of many seasons. Lawford remains a place where the silence of the countryside is not an absence of sound, but a deliberate, heavy presence that settles over the rooflines each evening.
Flight conditions near Lawford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Lawford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lawford, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lawford, 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 Lawford includes coordinates 51.121515, -3.241079, 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 Lawford is available on the Lawford 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.