Newport, Somerset Weather
About Newport, Somerset
Newport emerges from the flat, damp expanse of the Somerset levels as a quiet footnote in the low-lying geography of the region. It lies 5.8 miles east of Taunton (from Taunton: bearing 93°T, OS grid ST 317 237), and is situated south of North Curry village. Winter light here has a way of lingering, turning the fields into sheets of pale, reflective pewter that mirror the heavy sky. To the east, the Widness Rhyne pulls at the horizon, a slow-moving artery of water that dictates the rhythm of the surrounding silt-heavy earth. The rise of Ball Hill provides a modest, grassy anchor to the south, breaking the monotony of the plains where the wind carries the scent of turned clay and reeds. Newport remains defined by this proximity to water, where the drainage ditches mark the boundaries of paddocks as clearly as any stone wall. Beyond the immediate fields, the North Curry Meadow SSSI preserves a fragment of ancient, unploughed grassland that seems to hold the ghosts of older, wilder meadows. Life in Newport is a matter of watching the seasons wash over the landscape, leaving behind the subtle, silted residue of a place that remains stubbornly itself.
Flight conditions near Newport. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Newport and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Newport, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newport, 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 Newport includes coordinates 51.009499, -2.974112, 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 Newport is available on the Newport 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.