Star, Somerset Weather
About Star, Somerset
Star emerges from the limestone skin of the Mendip Hills, a cluster of dwellings caught in the quiet transition between high plateau and rolling lowland. It lies 2.3 miles north of Axbridge (from Axbridge: bearing 9°T, OS grid ST 437 581), and is situated north-west of Shipham village. The light here has a sharp, mineral clarity, catching the grey edges of the Wimblestone Standing Stone that has guarded the northern threshold for millennia. Beneath the turf, the earth still remembers the fever of the calamine miners who once hollowed out the ground in pursuit of zinc. The slopes of Lyncombe Hill rise abruptly to the north, casting long, bruised shadows over the pastures as the afternoon wanes. Star maintains a modest composure, its lanes defined by the stubborn geology that dictates the flow of water and the reach of roots. Every stone wall serves as a ledger of the local labour, built from the very debris that the earth surrendered to the surface. Life in Star feels measured by the slow, seasonal shifts of the wind rather than the urgency of the wider world.
Flight conditions near Star. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Star and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Star, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Star, 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 Star includes coordinates 51.319675, -2.809173, 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 Star is available on the Star 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.