Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria Weather
About Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria
Kirkby-in-Furness stretches its long, linear form across the lower slopes of the Duddon Estuary, where the salt-heavy air meets the quiet ambition of slate-quarrying hills. It lies 3.4 miles south-south-east of Broughton in Furness (from Broughton in Furness: bearing 160°T, OS grid SD 230 824), and is situated north-north-east of Soutergate village. The light here possesses a singular clarity, caught between the tidal reaches of Sand Side Marsh and the rising, stubborn green of the fells. Kirkby-in-Furness retains the hard-won character of its industrial roots, where the earth was split to extract the blue-grey stone that defines so many local lintels and roofs. Beyond the houses, the terrain softens into the damp, reeds-and-rush quietude of Head Crag Marsh, a place where the wind carries the distant, sharp scent of the sea. Pen Hill guards the northern horizon with a stoic, brooding presence that shifts in colour from deep emerald to bruised violet as the sun retreats. This landscape demands a certain endurance from its inhabitants, who live in the narrow corridor between the iron railway line and the steep climb toward the high crags. The rhythm of the tide dictates the mood of the lowlands, ensuring that the geography of Kirkby-in-Furness remains as restless and fluid as the estuary itself.
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About This Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kirkby-in-Furness, 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 Kirkby-in-Furness includes coordinates 54.231515, -3.181573, 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 Kirkby-in-Furness is available on the Kirkby-in-Furness 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.