76% chance of a view, in and out of it all day.
Cloud base sits about 140 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?
The hill
- Lists
- Wainwright, Birkett, Fellranger
- Height
- 553 m (83 m of drop)
- Area
- Central Fells
- County
- Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, England
- Grid ref
- NY319111
- OS Landranger
- 90
- Summit
- cairn
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:43 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:12 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.49 hours
About Steel Fell
Steel Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, lying between Thirlmere and Grasmere. It is triangular in plan, the ridges running north, west and south east. Steel Fell rises to the west of the Dunmail Raise road and can be climbed from the summit, or from Grasmere and Wythburn.
Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 61% | 498 m | 5.6° | 14 WNW |
| 08:00 | 51% | 486 m | 5.1° | 9 NW |
| 10:00 | 73% | 659 m | 6.0° | 14 NW |
| 12:00 | 65% | 693 m | 6.0° | 15 WNW |
| 14:00 | 88% | 1,009 m | 6.4° | 18 WNW |
| 16:00 | 71% | 791 m | 6.1° | 14 WNW |
| 18:00 | 83% | 779 m | 5.9° | 17 NW |
| 20:00 | 84% | 652 m | 5.7° | 15 NNW |
Nearby
Gibson Knott · Calf Crag · Helm Crag · Tarn Crag · Seat Sandal · Ullscarf
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