43% chance of a view, in cloud all day.
The summit sits about 429 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 cloud all day
Sat 17 Oct
81%
in and out of it all day
Sun 18 Oct
94%
clear of the cloud
The hill
- Lists
- Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Fellranger
- Height
- 964 m (132 m of drop)
- Area
- Southern Fells
- County
- Cumberland, England
- Grid ref
- NY206064
- OS Landranger
- 89, 90
- Summit
- cairn on rock N of windshelter
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:43 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:13 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.49 hours
About Scafell
Scafell is a mountain in the Lake District region of Cumbria, England. It has a height of 964 metres, making it the second-highest mountain in England after its neighbour, Scafell Pike, from which it is separated by Mickledore col.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 31% | 433 m | 2.7° | 22 WNW |
| 08:00 | 20% | 379 m | 2.7° | 19 NW |
| 10:00 | 39% | 457 m | 2.6° | 18 WNW |
| 12:00 | 37% | 535 m | 2.8° | 19 WNW |
| 14:00 | 58% | 851 m | 2.6° | 21 WNW |
| 16:00 | 45% | 536 m | 2.8° | 24 NW |
| 18:00 | 48% | 614 m | 2.8° | 26 NNW |
| 20:00 | 34% | 476 m | 2.6° | 26 N |
Nearby
Scafell Pike · Slight Side · Lingmell · Great End · Esk Pike · Allen Crags
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