92% chance of a view, clear of the cloud.
Cloud base sits about 480 m above the summit, so the top should stay under a ceiling rather than in it.
Forecast for Friday 16 October, built 2026-10-16 16:22 UTC and rebuilt twice a day. A high number is close to reliable, a low one is barely better than a shrug: how reliable is this?
Fri 16 Oct
92%
clear of the cloud
Sat 17 Oct
96%
clear of the cloud
Sun 18 Oct
95%
clear of the cloud
The hill
- Lists
- Wainwright, Fellranger
- Height
- 290 m (76 m of drop)
- Area
- North Western Fells
- County
- Cumberland, England
- Grid ref
- NY249159
- OS Landranger
- 89, 90
- Summit
- large shelter cairn on rock
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:43 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:12 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.49 hours
About Castle Crag
Castle Crag is a hill in the North Western Fells of the English Lake District. It is the smallest hill included in Alfred Wainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet (300 m).
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 81% | 662 m | 7.6° | 2 WSW |
| 08:00 | 81% | 600 m | 7.2° | 4 SSW |
| 10:00 | 87% | 809 m | 8.2° | 8 NW |
| 12:00 | 92% | 770 m | 8.3° | 8 WNW |
| 14:00 | 96% | 1,127 m | 8.8° | 11 WNW |
| 16:00 | 94% | 1,043 m | 8.7° | 9 WNW |
| 18:00 | 94% | 987 m | 8.4° | 8 NW |
| 20:00 | 88% | 724 m | 7.8° | 5 NNW |
Nearby
High Spy · Grange Fell · Great Crag · Maiden Moor · Dale Head · Hindscarth
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