Colby, Cumbria Weather
About Colby, Cumbria
Colby emerges from the Cumbrian landscape as a collection of stone dwellings gathered around a quiet, verdant core. It lies 1.1 miles west of Appleby-in-Westmorland (from Appleby-in-Westmorland: bearing 270°T, OS grid NY 665 204). The village occupies a portion of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where the horizon broadens to accommodate the shifting moods of the northern light. To the north-northeast, the waters of Colby Beck trace a narrow, persistent line through the fields, providing a constant, low-frequency hum to the rural air. The land rises gently toward the rounded silhouette of Limekiln Hill, a feature that anchors the view and catches the first amber rays of the morning. Life in Colby maintains a measured pace, dictated more by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the local farms than by the frantic pulse of the wider world. The stone walls here are dry-laid and weathered, acting as a sturdy, grey framework for the lush pastures that define the immediate surroundings. Every lane leading away from the centre feels like a deliberate path into the open, wide-skied character of the Eden Valley.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Colby, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colby, 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 Colby includes coordinates 54.577767, -2.518855, 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 Colby is available on the Colby 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.