Welham, Somerset Weather
About Welham, Somerset
Welham reveals its character through the slow, deliberate accumulation of golden limestone and the quiet persistence of its hedgerows. It lies 2.0 miles east-south-east of Castle Cary (from Castle Cary: bearing 114°T, OS grid ST 670 310), and is situated south-west of Shepton Montague village. The terrain here rises with a heavy, muscular grace, lifting the eye toward the distant, grassy crest of Press Hill where the light catches the summit in shifting patches of pale amber. Below this elevation, the landscape holds a stillness that seems to absorb the modern world, anchored by the orderly, manicured elegance of The Newt just a short walk to the west. Ancient stonework occasionally breaks through the verdant surface, a physical memory of the Roman occupation that lingers in the soil of the surrounding fields. The air carries a damp, earthy weight, particularly when the winds shift to bring the scent of moss and rising moisture from the low-lying pastures. Welham persists as a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life more surely than any clock, marking time in the lengthening shadows of early winter and the sudden, vivid green of spring. Every boundary line and dry-stone wall serves as a testament to the generations who have laboured to shape this limestone plateau into a coherent, enduring home.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Welham, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Welham, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Welham includes coordinates 51.078188, -2.471946, 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 Welham is available on the Welham 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.