Thornby, Cumbria Weather
About Thornby, Cumbria
Thornby retains a quiet, stoic composure amidst the pastoral expanse of northern Cumbria. It lies 3.1 miles north-east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 42°T, OS grid NY 288 520), and is situated south-west of Wiggonby village. The horizon here is defined by the gentle rise of Knox Hills, which cast long, meditative shadows over the fields as the afternoon light wanes. To the west, the waters of Thornby Springs trace a thin, silver line through the earth, nourishing the low-lying pastures that have supported agricultural life for generations. A sense of ancient stillness persists at the nearby Down Hall Moated Site, where the remnants of a medieval earthwork offer a silent counterpoint to the modern pace of life. Thornby remains largely defined by this interplay between the enduring soil and the soft, grey-blue skies of the North West. The local landscape possesses a clarity of form, where every hedge and stone wall serves as a deliberate mark upon the wide, uncrowded terrain.
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Live animated radar for Thornby and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Thornby, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Thornby, 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 Thornby includes coordinates 54.858103, -3.109158, 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 Thornby is available on the Thornby 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.