Mawgan Porth, Cornwall Weather
About Mawgan Porth, Cornwall
Mawgan Porth reveals its character through the salt-crusted cliffs and the relentless, rhythmic pulse of the Atlantic tide against the golden sand. It lies 4.4 miles west-north-west of St Columb Major (from St Columb Major: bearing 300°T, OS grid SW 853 673), and is situated south of Trenance village. Ancient echoes linger in the soil at the Mawgan Porth Early Medieval Settlement And Associated Burial Ground, where the ghosts of former inhabitants remain sheltered from the biting coastal winds. The landscape opens toward the horizon, where the jagged silhouette of the prehistoric cliff castle at Liveloe overlooks the churning surf with a stoic, weathered patience. Fresh water from the St Gluvian Stream cuts a clear path through the valley, eventually surrendering its modest strength to the vast, indifferent brine of the ocean. Sunlight here possesses a sharpened clarity, illuminating the crags and turning the wet rocks into mirrors that catch the passing gulls. Mawgan Porth remains a place of raw elements, defined more by the weight of the sea and the endurance of stone than by the transient marks of man.
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About This Mawgan Porth, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mawgan Porth, 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 Porth includes coordinates 50.466519, -5.026352, 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 Porth is available on the Mawgan Porth 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.