Okus, Wiltshire Weather
About Okus, Wiltshire
Okus reveals itself through a high, limestone-rich ridge that rises abruptly above the surrounding Swindon plains. It lies 1.1 miles south-south-west of Swindon (from Swindon: bearing 196°T, OS grid SU 145 830), and is situated north-north-west of Wroughton village. The geology of Okus is dominated by the dramatic scar of the Okus Quarry SSSI, where ancient marine fossils lie locked in the pale, weathered rock faces. This industrial ghost remains a quiet sanctuary, its sheer cliffs reflecting a pale, brittle light that shifts as the clouds drift over the Wiltshire horizon. Nearby, the Quarry Wildlife Garden thrives in the hollows of former workings, offering a tangle of scrub and wildflower that softens the jagged edges of the earth. The air here carries a sharp, mineral clarity, distinct from the suburban sprawl that encroaches from the lower ground. Paths wind through the remnants of these old excavations, tracing the contours of a landscape once hollowed out by the extraction of building stone. Okus holds the memory of this labour in its uneven ground, where nature has reclaimed the debris of Victorian enterprise with persistent, green fingers.
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Live animated radar for Okus and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Okus, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Okus, Wiltshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Okus includes coordinates 51.546547, -1.79219, in the county of Wiltshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Okus is available on the Okus map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Wiltshire 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.