Whale, Cumbria Weather
About Whale, Cumbria
Whale remains a modest collection of dwellings that keep a quiet watch over the rugged topography of the Cumbrian countryside. It lies 5.5 miles south of Penrith (from Penrith: bearing 174°T, OS grid NY 522 216), and is situated east-south-east of Helton village. This collection of homes sits comfortably within the protected expanse of the Lake District National Park, where the horizon is defined by the shifting moods of high fells. To the west, the waters of Whale Beck ripple over darkened stones, carrying the runoff of the high country toward the Lowther valley. A short distance to the north, the grand estate of Lowther Castle marks the landscape with its weathered, skeletal grandeur, a reminder of the shifting fortunes that have shaped these lands over centuries. The air here holds a particular clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the hills and the absence of the clamour found in more populated reaches. Beneath the grass and gorse to the east, the remains of a Romano-British settlement hint at a much older human presence that once thrived in this secluded pocket of the north. Whale persists as a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, marked by the slow turning of the sun against the ancient, unyielding limestone.
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About This Whale, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Whale, 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 Whale includes coordinates 54.58746, -2.7406, 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 Whale is available on the Whale 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.