Rimpton, Somerset Weather
About Rimpton, Somerset
Rimpton holds a quiet authority over the flat, water-meadow pastures that define this corner of Somerset. It lies 3.6 miles north-north-west of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 328°T, OS grid ST 607 216), and is situated east-south-east of Marston Magna village. The landscape surrounding Rimpton is defined by a low-slung, expansive horizon where the sky seems to exert a heavy, silver pressure on the fields. To the west, the ghosts of the past remain visible in the earthworks of the Marston Magna Moated Site, a subtle disruption in the grass that speaks of medieval industry. The local church tower acts as a grey sentinel, its stone hardened by years of damp Atlantic winds and the persistent, unsparing rain. Eastward, the rising silhouette of Windmill Hill breaks the monotony of the plain, offering a brief, sharp contrast to the otherwise level topography. The air here carries the faint, sharp tang of turned soil and wet limestone, a scent that seems to cling to the lanes long after the morning mist has retreated. Life in Rimpton maintains a slow, deliberate pace, dictated more by the turning of the seasons than by the restlessness of the modern world.
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Live animated radar for Rimpton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rimpton, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rimpton, 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 Rimpton includes coordinates 50.992478, -2.560429, 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 Rimpton is available on the Rimpton 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.