Raby, Cumbria Weather
About Raby, Cumbria
Raby emerges from the flat, salt-aired plains of the Solway Plain, a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the wide, expansive skies of the Cumbrian coast. It lies 4.6 miles west-north-west of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 295°T, OS grid NY 187 517), and is situated east-north-east of Abbeytown village. Raby sits firmly within the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where the light possesses a pale, translucent quality that seems to bleach the colour from the horizon. To the west, the flat expanse of Rabycote Marsh catches the shifting tides, creating a landscape of muted greys and greens that stretch toward the Solway Firth. The nearby River Waver winds through the low-lying pastures, its path marked by the persistent, silvery glint of water against the dark earth. A short distance away, the skeletal remains of St Mary’s Abbey, Holmcultram, offer a sombre reminder of the medieval influence that once shaped these quiet fields. The ground here feels thin and porous, perpetually shaped by the meeting of river, rain, and the encroaching sea. In the stillness of an afternoon, one can hear the subtle, rhythmic pulse of the wind moving across the open fields, undisturbed by the modern world.
Flight conditions near Raby. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Raby and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Raby, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Raby, 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 Raby includes coordinates 54.853497, -3.266683, 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 Raby is available on the Raby 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.