86% chance of a view, clear of the cloud.
Cloud base sits about 310 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
- 537 m (59 m of drop)
- Area
- Southern Fells
- County
- Cumberland, England
- Grid ref
- NY151035
- OS Landranger
- 89
- Summit
- Wainwright/Birkett cairn
Sun
- Sunrise
- 06:43 ESE
- Sunset
- 17:13 WSW
- Daylight
- 10.49 hours
About Whin Rigg
Whin Rigg is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the western segment of the national park, 22 kilometres south east of the town of Whitehaven. It reaches only a modest altitude of 535 m (1,755 ft) but is part of one of the Lake District’s most dramatic landscapes in that the rugged and impressive Wastwater Screes fall from the fells summit to Wast Water over 450 m (1,500 ft) below. The fell's name means “gorse covered ridge” and originates from the Old Norse words “Hvin” meaning gorse and “Hryggr” meaning Ridge.
Hour by hour, Friday 16 October
| Hour | View | Cloud base | Temp | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 76% | 839 m | 6.6° | 18 WNW |
| 08:00 | 94% | 696 m | 6.1° | 21 NW |
| 10:00 | 88% | 835 m | 6.4° | 16 NW |
| 12:00 | 84% | 847 m | 6.6° | 19 NW |
| 14:00 | 89% | 1,014 m | 6.5° | 21 WNW |
| 16:00 | 94% | none | 6.7° | 19 NW |
| 18:00 | 94% | none | 6.6° | 23 NNW |
| 20:00 | 94% | none | 6.3° | 23 NNW |
Nearby
Illgill Head · Buckbarrow · Middle Fell · Seatallan · Yewbarrow · Slight Side
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