Brownrigg, Cumbria Weather
About Brownrigg, Cumbria
Brownrigg emerges from the Cumbrian landscape as a cluster of quiet dwellings defined by the low, expansive horizon of the Solway Plain. It lies 4.5 miles east-south-east of Longtown (from Longtown: bearing 122°T, OS grid NY 441 647), and is situated south of Smithfield village. The light here possesses a pale, expansive quality, catching the damp fields where the earth seems to hold the memory of ancient glacial retreats. To the southwest, the wilder tangles of Scaleby Moss offer a dark, peat-stained contrast to the orderly patchwork of the surrounding agricultural land. Brownrigg maintains a singular composure, its narrow lanes tracing the contours of a terrain that feels both exposed to the elements and deeply grounded in its own solitude. A short distance away, the lingering presence of the Scaleby Castle moated site hints at a more turbulent past, where defensive stone once dictated the boundaries of life. Today, the stillness is broken only by the sharp, rhythmic calls of lapwings rising above the hedgerows. This quietude remains the true character of Brownrigg, a place where the passage of the seasons is written plainly upon the grey, weathered faces of its farmsteads.
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About This Brownrigg, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brownrigg, 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 Brownrigg includes coordinates 54.974383, -2.87461, 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 Brownrigg is available on the Brownrigg 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.