Preston, Somerset Weather
About Preston, Somerset
Preston emerges from the quiet Somerset landscape as a cluster of dwellings defined by the patient persistence of agricultural life. It lies 5.0 miles south-south-east of Watchet (from Watchet: bearing 158°T, OS grid ST 099 358), and is situated south of Stogumber village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular grace toward the rise of Willett Hill, where the air thins and the light catches the gorse in sharp, brilliant yellows. Below these slopes, the land drains toward the Doniford Stream, a waterway that marks the rhythm of the seasons with its steady, unadorned flow. Preston maintains a modest character, reflecting the practicalities of a region shaped by centuries of careful husbandry and the demands of the soil. The horizon is punctuated by the distant, silent presence of Elworthy Barrows Hillfort, a reminder of the ancient inhabitants who once surveyed these same shifting shadows. In the stillness of the afternoon, the stone walls of Preston seem to absorb the warmth of the sun, holding the heat long after the shadows have lengthened across the fields. Each lane and hedgerow suggests a history of industry that favoured the sturdy over the ornamental, preserving a functional beauty that requires no artifice to command respect.
Flight conditions near Preston. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Preston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Preston, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Preston, 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 Preston includes coordinates 51.114453, -3.287879, 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 Preston is available on the Preston 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.