Scales, Cumbria Weather
About Scales, Cumbria
Scales holds a quiet authority over the rising terrain of the north-western fells, where the light often bruises into shades of slate and bruised plum before dusk. It lies 4.3 miles south-east of Cockermouth (from Cockermouth: bearing 138°T, OS grid NY 166 254), and is situated east-south-east of High Lorton village. The topography here is dictated by the rugged ascent toward the northern slopes of Kirk Fell, which casts a long, sharp shadow over the lower pastures as the sun begins its slide. Beneath this elevation, the land drains toward the low-lying reaches of the Lorton Vale, a corridor of moisture and deep, heavy grasses. The atmosphere around Scales remains anchored by the proximity of the Scawgill and Blaze Beck SSSI, where the water cuts through the limestone with a relentless, cold precision. Stone walls, built without mortar and shivering slightly in the wind, define the boundaries of small, irregular fields that have resisted the homogenisation of modern farming. This is a landscape of hard edges and sudden shifts in weather, where the damp air carries the scent of peat and wet bracken across the open moor. Every track leading away from Scales eventually dissolves into the steep, unforgiving inclines of the high country.
Flight conditions near Scales. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Scales and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Scales, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Scales, 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 Scales includes coordinates 54.61743, -3.292045, 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 Scales is available on the Scales 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.