Wharton, Cumbria Weather
About Wharton, Cumbria
Wharton commands a quiet authority over the lush, rolling pastures that define this corner of Cumbria. It lies 2.4 miles south of Kirkby Stephen (from Kirkby Stephen: bearing 189°T, OS grid NY 768 050), and is situated south-south-west of Nateby village. This landscape falls entirely within the sweeping embrace of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where the horizon feels vast and unburdened by the weight of modern sprawl. To the east, the weathered stonework of Lammerside Castle offers a stark, haunting silhouette against the changing light of the afternoon sky. Wharton rests upon ground that has long felt the turning of the seasons, marked by the steady, rhythmic passage of water through the nearby Fothergill Sike. The air here carries a crisp, elemental clarity, untroubled by the clamour of more crowded regions. As the light shifts, the ancient earth seems to hold the memory of centuries, grounding Wharton in a profound and permanent stillness.
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Live animated radar for Wharton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wharton, Cumbria Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wharton, 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 Wharton includes coordinates 54.440074, -2.358766, 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 Wharton is available on the Wharton 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.