Carfury, Cornwall Weather
About Carfury, Cornwall
Carfury emerges from the granite-strewn rise of the Penwith peninsula, a place where the Atlantic wind carries the salt of two distant seas. It lies 2.9 miles north-west of Penzance (from Penzance: bearing 325°T, OS grid SW 445 341), and is situated north-north-west of Madron village. The air here possesses a singular clarity, sharpening the edges of the drystone walls that partition the fields into a patchwork of stubborn, resilient earth. Carfury exists within the West Penwith Moors and Downs SSSI, a landscape defined by the quiet endurance of its ancient, unyielding rock. To the north-north-west, the skeletal remains of the Tredinnick Engine House stand as a rusted sentinel, marking the long-faded heartbeat of the local tin mining industry. A short walk reveals the Standing Stone 230M South Of Primrose Cottage, a silent witness to centuries of changing light and shadow. The soil remains lean and hungry, yet it nurtures a hardy, low-lying flora that seems to thrive on the solitude of the moor. Here, the horizon is wide and indifferent, offering a profound sense of scale that renders the preoccupations of the distant lowlands quite small.
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About This Carfury, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Carfury, Cornwall, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Carfury includes coordinates 50.152535, -5.57703, in the county of Cornwall, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Carfury is available on the Carfury map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cornwall weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.