Drift, Cornwall Weather
About Drift, Cornwall
Granite walls and salt-tossed hedgerows define the quiet character of Drift. It lies 1.5 miles west-south-west of Newlyn (from Newlyn: bearing 256°T, OS grid SW 438 285), and is situated west of Tredavoe village. The light here has a peculiar clarity, catching the grey edges of stone as it rolls inland from the Atlantic. Only a short distance away, the quiet waters of Drift Reservoir reflect the shifting moods of the Cornish sky, serving as a sanctuary for those who wander the banks. Ancient mysteries linger in the soil nearby, where the two standing stones known as the Long Stones keep a silent, unending vigil over the fields. The air carries the faint, bracing scent of the coast, tempered by the damp, mossy breath of the surrounding valley. Drift remains a place of deep stillness, where the modern world seems to slow to the pace of grazing livestock and the turning of the seasons. Each evening, the shadow of the landscape lengthens across the trackways, stitching together the history of this enduring patch of earth.
Flight conditions near Drift. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Drift and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Drift, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drift, 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 Drift includes coordinates 50.101723, -5.582835, 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 Drift is available on the Drift 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.