Welton, Cumbria Weather
About Welton, Cumbria
Welton emerges from the Cumbrian landscape as a collection of stone dwellings gathered amidst the quiet gravity of the northern fells. It lies 6.5 miles east-south-east of Wigton (from Wigton: bearing 112°T, OS grid NY 352 443), and is situated north-north-west of Sebergham village. The air here holds the sharp, metallic clarity of high altitude, sharpened by the nearby currents of Caldew Beck that carve through the limestone bedrock. To the south, the brooding silhouette of Warnell Fell dominates the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch toward the fields in the late afternoon. The architecture of Welton reflects a sturdy, utilitarian past, with thick-walled farmsteads built to withstand the biting winds that sweep down from the peaks. Life in Welton is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, seasonal migration of livestock and the shifting moods of the sky. Solitude remains a deliberate feature of the terrain, where the silence is broken only by the sudden, frantic wings of a startled curlew. Residents here remain tethered to the land, maintaining a rhythm that feels entirely indifferent to the frantic pace of the wider world.
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Live animated radar for Welton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Welton, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Welton, 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 Welton includes coordinates 54.789762, -3.008718, 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 Welton is available on the Welton 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.