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Helvellyn

950 m

43% chance of a view, in and out of it all day.

The summit sits about 440 m inside the layer.

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
43%
in and out of it all day
Sat 17 Oct
85%
clear of the cloud
Sun 18 Oct
92%
clear of the cloud

The hill

Lists
Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Marilyn, Fellranger
Height
950 m (713 m of drop)
Area
Eastern Fells
County
Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, England
Grid ref
NY342151
OS Landranger
90
Summit
cairn near stone shelter

Sun

Sunrise
06:42 ESE
Sunset
17:12 WSW
Daylight
10.49 hours

About Helvellyn

Helvellyn is a mountain in the English Lake District, the highest point of the Helvellyn range, a north–south line of mountains to the north of Ambleside, between the lakes of Thirlmere and Ullswater.

Hour by hour, Friday 16 October

HourViewCloud baseTempWind
06:0032%410 m2.5°19 WNW
08:0020%378 m2.3°19 WNW
10:0040%455 m2.6°17 WNW
12:0047%510 m2.8°20 WNW
14:0057%749 m2.8°24 WNW
16:0045%694 m3.0°23 NW
18:0078%591 m3.1°26 NNW
20:0042%497 m3.0°23 NNW

Nearby

Nethermost Pike · Catstye Cam · White Side · Dollywaggon Pike · Birkhouse Moor · Raise

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