United Kingdom 
In numbers.
0.43m³/s
Average flow
estimate
Aug–Nov
Best months
205m
Elevation
The water at Aira Force, month by month
It roars from October to February.
The fullest months: from October to February.
- 0.7 m³/sJan
- 0.5 m³/sFeb
- 0.4 m³/sMar
- 0.3 m³/sApr
- 0.2 m³/sMay
- 0.2 m³/sJun
- 0.3 m³/sJul
- 0.4 m³/sAug
- 0.4 m³/sSep
- 0.5 m³/sOct
- 0.6 m³/sNov
- 0.7 m³/sDec
From about 0.21 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.69 m³/s in the highest. Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from August to November.
Estimate: the timing comes from rain, snowmelt and evaporation (NASA POWER, 1991–2020); the amounts from the river model of HydroATLAS (WaterGAP, 1971–2000). Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall in Cumbria, England, UK
Aira Force is a waterfall in United Kingdom.
Getting there.
- Keswicknearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Parking 210 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Newcastle International Airport (NCL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 95 km in a straight lineCar hire at NCL airport (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From August to Novemberbest months to go (estimate)
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 147 m in 3.0 km.
What is around.
- 4viewpoints
- 4waymarked walking routesThe Ullswater Way, Aira Force and Gowbarrow Park Trail, Ullswater Valley, Aira Force Glencoyne Farm Trail, Ullswater Valley and 1 more
- 15car parks
- 1swimming spots
- 10picnic sites
- 1toilets
- 2information boards and visitor centres
- 2bus stops within 1 km
- 2other named waterfalls within 4 kmHigh Force, High Cascades
- —caves
- 13campsitesWaterfoot Caravan Park, Gillside Caravan Park, Gillside Camping and 10 more
- 54hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmWordsworth, Waternook Lakeside Accommodation, Elm How and 51 more
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Keswick13 km in a straight line
- Penrith15 km in a straight line
- Ambleside16 km in a straight line
- Shap17 km in a straight line
- Windermere22 km in a straight line
- Staveley23 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| Night °C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 125 | 100 | 87 | 67 | 80 | 96 | 114 | 128 | 100 | 130 | 129 | 135 |
| Wet days | 19 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
| Sun h/day | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (205 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 103% | 256% | 101% | 29% | 39% | 142% | 137% | 126% | 82% | 128% | 115% | 131% |
| 2021 | 129% | 159% | 134% | 22% | 159% | 36% | 64% | 67% | 86% | 179% | 61% | 100% |
| 2022 | 48% | 186% | 56% | 80% | 102% | 80% | 63% | 50% | 102% | 118% | 119% | 78% |
| 2023 | 111% | 45% | 169% | 117% | 54% | 67% | 167% | 80% | 154% | 81% | 113% | 152% |
| 2024 | 141% | 125% | 135% | 215% | 134% | 73% | 81% | 117% | 72% | 83% | 51% | 107% |
| 2025 | 71% | 72% | 45% | 45% | 71% | 125% | 91% | 50% | 189% | 83% | 154% | 125% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Aira Force
United Kingdom
- —Height
- 0.43 m³/sAverage flow
- Aug–NovBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q4698403) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| River flow and catchment | HydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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