Yeovil, Somerset Weather
About Yeovil, Somerset
Yeovil emerges from the rolling Somerset landscape as a place defined by the steady pulse of industry and the endurance of its ancient roots. It lies 5.1 miles west of Sherborne (from Sherborne: bearing 264°T, OS grid ST 555 158), and is situated north-north-west of Barwick village. The town gained prominence through the glove-making trade, a craft that once lent a peculiar, rhythmic precision to the lives of its inhabitants. Today, the economy leans into the sky, anchored by a significant aerospace heritage that hums beneath the clouds. The nearby Yeovil Country Park provides a green artery, where the Yeo River carves a path through limestone, reflecting a light that feels older than the brickwork of the modern industrial estates.
Yeovil Town Football Club commands the local spirit, drawing crowds that transform the atmosphere on match days into something visceral and shared. Beyond the pitch, the cultural life finds a home at the Westlands Entertainment Venue, where the echoes of performances linger long after the curtains fall. The playwright and screenwriter Julian Fellowes, known for his masterful chronicles of social strata, brings a distinguished connection to the region's broader identity. Rising above the low-lying terrain, Penn Hill offers a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, metallic promise of the workshops. It is a place where the weight of mechanical history balances against the quiet, persistent growth of the trees that define the horizon.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Yeovil, Somerset Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yeovil, 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 town. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Yeovil includes coordinates 50.940767, -2.633518, 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 Yeovil is available on the Yeovil 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.