Over Stratton, Somerset Weather
About Over Stratton, Somerset
Over Stratton retains a quiet, amber-hued gravity, where the limestone walls of local cottages seem to hold the heat of the sun long after dusk. It lies 0.8 miles south-south-east of South Petherton (from South Petherton: bearing 168°T, OS grid ST 434 155). The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate tilt of the earth, leading the eye toward the distant silhouette of Combe Hill as it rises against the horizon. Beneath these slopes, the air carries a faint, persistent dampness drawn from the winding course of Lopen Brook, which divides the fields with a sliver of moving glass. Over Stratton preserves a sense of enclosure, where the lanes narrow between high hedges that brim with wild hazel and blackthorn. The architecture speaks of an agricultural past, marked by stone barns that have outlived their original masters to shelter nothing but shadows and the occasional owl. Evenings in the lanes offer a particular stillness, a quality of light that turns the local grey stone into a soft, bruised violet. This corner of Somerset remains anchored to the patterns of the seasons, indifferent to the hurried transit of the modern world.
Flight conditions near Over Stratton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Over Stratton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Over Stratton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Over Stratton, 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 Over Stratton includes coordinates 50.936701, -2.805851, 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 Over Stratton is available on the Over Stratton 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.