Tarns, Cumbria Weather
About Tarns, Cumbria
Tarns remains a modest collection of dwellings defined by the sparse, open horizon of the Solway Plain. It lies 3.5 miles south of Silloth (from Silloth: bearing 170°T, OS grid NY 118 478), and is situated east-north-east of Mawbray village. The landscape here is defined by an immense, unyielding sky that drains the colour from the fields, leaving the earth in shades of muted ochre and winter-bleached grass. To the north, the low, rounded rise of High West Hill breaks the flatness, providing a solitary anchor for the wandering eye. A short distance to the south-west, the quiet surface of Tarns Dub captures the passing clouds, acting as a dark, reflective mirror for the shifting coastal weather. The air often carries a sharp, saline tang, a persistent reminder of the nearby Irish Sea that dictates the harshness of the local flora. Life in Tarns moves with the slow, deliberate patience of the agricultural cycle, indifferent to the clamour of more crowded regions. This corner of Cumbria offers a stark, honest beauty, where the wind shapes the hedgerows and the light reveals the underlying austerity of the land.
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Live animated radar for Tarns and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Tarns, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tarns, 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 Tarns includes coordinates 54.818063, -3.3731, 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 Tarns is available on the Tarns 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.