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Yewbarrow

629 m

74% chance of a view, in and out of it all day.

Cloud base sits about 20 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
74%
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
Hewitt, Nuttall, Wainwright, Birkett, Fellranger
Height
629 m (144 m of drop)
Area
Western Fells
County
Cumberland, England
Grid ref
NY173084
OS Landranger
89, 90
Summit
cairn

Sun

Sunrise
06:43 ESE
Sunset
17:13 WSW
Daylight
10.49 hours

About Yewbarrow

Yewbarrow is a fell, in the English Lake District, which lies immediately north of the head of Wast Water. It is 628 metres high and in shape resembles the upturned hull of a boat or a barrow. Yewbarrow is on the left in the classic view of Great Gable and Wast Water.

Hour by hour, Friday 16 October

HourViewCloud baseTempWind
06:0062%591 m5.3°17 WNW
08:0060%487 m4.8°18 NW
10:0071%613 m5.4°17 NW
12:0062%649 m5.7°17 WNW
14:0086%852 m5.6°22 WNW
16:0068%720 m5.7°20 NW
18:0089%805 m5.5°22 NNW
20:0087%629 m5.1°22 NNW

Nearby

Red Pike · Middle Fell · Kirk Fell · Scoat Fell · Seatallan · Steeple

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