Mawgan, Cornwall Weather
About Mawgan, Cornwall
Mawgan emerges from the Cornish landscape as a cluster of granite and slate, where the salt-heavy air carries the faint, brackish tang of the nearby southern coast. It lies 3.3 miles east-south-east of Helston (from Helston: bearing 117°T, OS grid SW 706 247), and is situated north-north-east of Garras village. Ancient stones mark the passage of time here, most notably the Mawgan Cross Early Christian memorial standing just a short distance to the east, its weathered surface bearing silent witness to centuries of transit. The land slopes gently toward the tidal reaches of Ponsontuel Creek, where the water retreats to expose glistening mudflats and the skeletal remains of forgotten moorings. Sunlight catches the moss upon low stone walls, turning the damp lichen into a vivid, velvet green that seems to pulse against the grey rock. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the earth holds the secrets of the Halliggye fogou, a subterranean passage that remains a subterranean anchor to the prehistoric lives once lived upon this peninsula. Mawgan retains an quiet, unassuming composure, defined by the narrow, winding lanes that follow the contours of the fields rather than dictating them. The stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the sharp cry of a buzzard circling above the verdant, rolling hills that define this corner of the South West.
Flight conditions near Mawgan. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Mawgan and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Mawgan, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mawgan, 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 Mawgan includes coordinates 50.078752, -5.207444, 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 Mawgan is available on the Mawgan 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.