Great Asby, Cumbria Weather
About Great Asby, Cumbria
Great Asby commands the limestone high ground of Cumbria with a stoic, windswept grace that defies the passage of the seasons. It lies 4.6 miles south of Appleby-in-Westmorland (from Appleby-in-Westmorland: bearing 183°T, OS grid NY 678 130), and is situated south-south-west of Great Ormside village. This remote outpost finds itself held within the expansive, rugged embrace of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The cool, clear waters of Asby Beck trace a path through the valley floor, carving a quiet melody into the ancient rock beneath the feet of those who walk its banks. To the south-east, the slopes of Holborn Hill rise sharply against the horizon, bearing silent witness to the Romano-British enclosed settlement that has occupied its crest for centuries. Sunlight catches the pale, weathered stone of the local cottages, casting long shadows that seem to anchor Great Asby firmly to the earth. The air here remains thin and sharp, carrying the scent of damp moss and the distant, rhythmic call of sheep moving across the fells. Even in the height of summer, the landscape retains a austere, crystalline quality, as if the land itself were waiting for the return of the northern winter.
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About This Great Asby, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Asby, 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 Great Asby includes coordinates 54.511533, -2.49738, 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 Great Asby is available on the Great Asby 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.