Bowderdale, Cumbria Weather
About Bowderdale, Cumbria
Bowderdale emerges from the high, shivering grasses of the Cumbrian fells as a quiet witness to the passing of clouds. It lies 6.5 miles west-south-west of Kirkby Stephen (from Kirkby Stephen: bearing 246°T, OS grid NY 678 046), and is situated west-south-west of Newbiggin-on-Lune village. Within the expansive boundaries of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Bowderdale maintains a solitude that feels ancient and unyielding. To the west, the slopes of Archer Hill rise like a dark shoulder against the bruised horizon, casting long, lean shadows across the pastures. The rhythmic gurgle of Simonsgill Sike, flowing just to the east, provides a constant, liquid pulse that underscores the stillness of the valley floor. Here, the light has a thin, silver quality that reveals the sharp edges of the stone walls and the weathered texture of the earth. Bowderdale remains a place of sparse, elemental beauty, where the wind carries the scent of damp moss and the distant, lonely call of sheep.
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Live animated radar for Bowderdale and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bowderdale, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bowderdale, Cumbria, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bowderdale includes coordinates 54.436124, -2.497252, in the county of Cumbria, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Bowderdale is available on the Bowderdale map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cumbria 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.