Dolphin Town, Cornwall Weather
About Dolphin Town, Cornwall
Dolphin Town reveals itself as a quiet cluster of stone dwellings upon the island of Tresco, where the Atlantic air carries a sharp, saline clarity. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-west of Hugh Town (from Hugh Town: bearing 342°T, OS grid SV 890 153), and is situated north-north-east of New Grimsby village. The light here possesses an ethereal, silver quality that seems to bleach the granite walls and soften the edges of the hardy, salt-wind-pruned gardens. Just a short distance to the north-west, the prehistoric to early medieval field system and settlement at Dial Rocks offers a silent perspective on the longevity of human persistence in this exposed maritime landscape. To the south, Vane Hill rises with a modest, rounded authority, anchoring the horizon against the restless movement of the surrounding tides. The paths winding through Dolphin Town are bordered by low, dry-stone walls that have absorbed the warmth of countless summers, providing a tactile history of the islanders’ patient labour. On calm evenings, the distant, rhythmic sighing of the sea at Pentle Bay drifts inland, reminding all who reside here that the ocean remains the true architect of the island’s shifting character. Dolphin Town maintains a singular, unbothered grace, existing in a delicate equilibrium between the rugged permanence of the earth and the transient, glittering expanse of the Scillonian waters.
Flight conditions near Dolphin Town. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Dolphin Town and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Dolphin Town, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dolphin Town, 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 Dolphin Town includes coordinates 49.957283, -6.337358, 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 Dolphin Town is available on the Dolphin Town 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.