78% chance of a view, in and out of it all day.
Cloud base sits about 88 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
78%
in and out of it all day
Sat 17 Oct
94%
clear of the cloud
Sun 18 Oct
95%
clear of the cloud
The hill
- Lists
- Wainwright, Birkett, Marilyn, Fellranger
- Height
- 609 m (312 m of drop)
- Area
- Southern Fells
- County
- Cumberland, England
- Grid ref
- NY168049
- OS Landranger
- 89
- Summit
- rock
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:43 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:13 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.49 hours
About Illgill Head
Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres (1,998 ft) high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 63% | 638 m | 5.7° | 19 WNW |
| 08:00 | 80% | 532 m | 5.2° | 21 NW |
| 10:00 | 73% | 661 m | 5.7° | 17 NW |
| 12:00 | 69% | 697 m | 5.9° | 19 WNW |
| 14:00 | 86% | 878 m | 5.7° | 21 NW |
| 16:00 | 80% | 768 m | 5.9° | 19 NW |
| 18:00 | 94% | 855 m | 5.9° | 24 NNW |
| 20:00 | 87% | 698 m | 5.6° | 25 NNW |
Nearby
Whin Rigg · Middle Fell · Buckbarrow · Yewbarrow · Scafell · Slight Side
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