Southwood, Somerset Weather
About Southwood, Somerset
Southwood holds a quiet, unassuming place in the Somerset landscape, where the heavy sky of the West Country meets the low-lying fields. It lies 5.0 miles south-east of Glastonbury (from Glastonbury: bearing 132°T, OS grid ST 558 333), and is situated south of Ham Street village. The terrain here feels patient, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Southwood Brook as it carves a path through the alluvial soil just southeast of the houses. Beyond the immediate perimeter, the Baltonsborough Flights reflect the shifting grey-blue light of the heavens, acting as a glass mirror for the clouds that drift over the Mendip fringe. Life in Southwood remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the damp, fertile earth dictates the pace of the working day. A subtle stillness persists here, far from the frantic pulse of major thoroughfares, allowing the natural world to reclaim the edges of the meadows. Southwood preserves a sense of solitude, where the wind carries only the sound of distant water and the rustle of long grass.
Flight conditions near Southwood. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Southwood and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Southwood, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southwood, 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 Southwood includes coordinates 51.098149, -2.632111, 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 Southwood is available on the Southwood 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.