Dufton, Cumbria Weather
About Dufton, Cumbria
Dufton commands a rugged expanse of the Eden Valley where the Pennine hills rise to meet the wide, unpredictable northern sky. It lies 2.9 miles north-north-east of Appleby-in-Westmorland (from Appleby-in-Westmorland: bearing 12°T, OS grid NY 693 249), and is situated north-east of Brampton village. Stone houses of local red sandstone cluster around a central expanse of grass, where the air often carries the sharp, clean scent of approaching rain from the high fells. To the east, the steady, rhythmic pulse of Billy’s Beck flows toward the slopes, carving a path through the earth that has remained constant for generations. Beyond the houses, the terrain ascends sharply toward the looming presence of Bale Hill, which stands as a silent sentinel over the surrounding pastures. The light here possesses a singular, piercing clarity, illuminating the mossy textures of drystone walls that trace the boundaries of ancient grazing lands. Residents maintain a quiet connection to the surrounding moors, where the landscape shifts between shades of bruised purple and deep ochre as the seasons turn. Life in Dufton unfolds with a deliberate, steady pace, anchored by the enduring gravity of the limestone escarpments that define this corner of the North West.
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Live animated radar for Dufton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Dufton, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dufton, 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 Dufton includes coordinates 54.618407, -2.476926, 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 Dufton is available on the Dufton 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.