56% chance of a view, in and out of it all day.
The summit sits about 267 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?
The hill
- Lists
- Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Marilyn, Fellranger
- Height
- 892 m (349 m of drop)
- Area
- Western Fells
- County
- Cumberland, England
- Grid ref
- NY171121
- OS Landranger
- 89, 90
- Summit
- trig point
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:43 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:13 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.49 hours
About Pillar
Pillar is a mountain in the western part of the English Lake District. Situated between the valleys of Ennerdale to the north and Wasdale to the south, it is the highest point of the Pillar group. At 892 metres (2,927 ft), it is the eighth-highest mountain in the Lake District. The fell takes its name from Pillar Rock, a prominent feature on the Ennerdale side, regarded as the birthplace of rock climbing in the district.
Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 35% | 522 m | 3.2° | 21 WNW |
| 08:00 | 43% | 422 m | 2.9° | 20 WNW |
| 10:00 | 58% | 591 m | 3.0° | 18 WNW |
| 12:00 | 41% | 625 m | 3.3° | 21 WNW |
| 14:00 | 70% | 800 m | 3.2° | 22 NW |
| 16:00 | 56% | 696 m | 3.5° | 23 NW |
| 18:00 | 61% | 781 m | 3.4° | 25 NNW |
| 20:00 | 62% | 608 m | 3.2° | 26 N |
Nearby
Scoat Fell · Steeple · Red Pike · High Crag · Haystacks · High Stile
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