Meare, Somerset Weather
About Meare, Somerset
Meare emerges from the flat, peat-rich expanse of the Somerset Levels as a low-slung silhouette defined by the distant, melancholic hum of the wind. It lies 3.2 miles west-north-west of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 301°T, OS grid ST 454 416), and is situated east of Oxenpill village. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, dominated by the pale, thin light that catches the reeds and turns the sky into a sheet of hammered pewter. Just a short walk away, the Abbot's Fish House and Fishponds endure as a stoic reminder of the monastic wealth that once governed these marshy reaches. Nearby, the quiet currents of White's River thread through the landscape, carving slow, deliberate paths that seem to have altered little over the centuries. These waterways once sustained a complex medieval economy, yet today they offer only a sense of profound, watery stillness to the passerby. Meare retains a singular character, shaped by the weight of its damp, alluvial earth and the absence of any imposing elevation to break the sky. The architecture remains modest, echoing the pragmatic, enduring spirit of those who historically harvested the bounty of the surrounding wetlands.
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About This Meare, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Meare, 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 Meare includes coordinates 51.171505, -2.781216, 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 Meare is available on the Meare 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.