Clifton Dykes, Cumbria Weather
About Clifton Dykes, Cumbria
Clifton Dykes emerges from the low-slung pastures of Cumbria as a quiet collection of stone dwellings gathered against the horizon. It lies 2.7 miles south-east of Penrith (from Penrith: bearing 137°T, OS grid NY 543 272), and is situated north-east of Clifton village. The land here holds the damp, persistent light of the north, reflecting off the limestone edges that define the local architecture. To the south-west, Scalebarrs Hill rises with a sudden, muscular slope, breaking the flatness of the fields and drawing the eye toward the distant fells. A short distance to the west, the weathered stones of Clifton Hall Tower remain as a silent sentinel of a more turbulent, border-contested past. The air around Clifton Dykes often carries the sharp, clean scent of the nearby River Lowther, which carves its path through the valley with a persistent, cold urgency. Life here follows the steady, unadorned pulse of rural industry, where the reach of the wind across the open ground dictates the turning of the seasons. These fields remain bound to the earth, grounded by a history that prefers the solidity of dry-stone walls over the vanity of grand monuments.
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About This Clifton Dykes, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clifton Dykes, 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 Clifton Dykes includes coordinates 54.638093, -2.709015, 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 Clifton Dykes is available on the Clifton Dykes 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.