Upper Benter, Somerset Weather
About Upper Benter, Somerset
Upper Benter emerges from the folds of the Somerset landscape as a cluster of stone dwellings defined by the quiet tenacity of the Mendip hills. It lies 3.3 miles south-south-west of Midsomer Norton (from Midsomer Norton: bearing 203°T, OS grid ST 642 493), and is situated south of Chilcompton village. The light here catches the limestone walls with a pale, wintry clarity, revealing a terrain shaped by centuries of extraction and pastoral labour. To the north-west, the verdant basin of Moon’s Bottom drops away into a limestone hollow, its slopes holding the silence of the earth long after the sun has retreated. The ground beneath Upper Benter bears the scars of an industrial past, where medieval coal mining remains ripple the surface of the fields like a slow, frozen tide. Rising further north, the rugged crest of Blacker’s Hill commands the horizon, an ancient sentinel overlooking the patchwork of pastures that define the local geography. This stark elevation provides a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of damp moss and cooling stone across the valley floor. Upper Benter exists in a state of deliberate stillness, where the rhythmic pulse of the seasons matters more than the transit of the modern world.
Flight conditions near Upper Benter. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Upper Benter and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Upper Benter, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Benter, 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 Upper Benter includes coordinates 51.241787, -2.513086, 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 Upper Benter is available on the Upper Benter 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.