Penhale, Cornwall Weather
About Penhale, Cornwall
Penhale emerges from the rugged, clay-dusted terrain of Cornwall as a quiet testament to the region’s long industrial endurance. It lies 2.1 miles north of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 358°T, OS grid SX 015 558), and is situated east-south-east of Carthew village. The landscape surrounding Penhale retains the stark, architectural beauty of the china clay industry, where the earth has been shaped by centuries of extraction. To the east-south-east, the Great Treverbyn Mica Dam reflects the changing Cornish sky, its still surface offering a sharp contrast to the undulating, white-rimmed topography. A short distance to the north-northeast, the open expanse of Caerloggas Downs stretches out, exposed to the Atlantic winds that sweep across the peninsula. The air here carries a faint, mineral crispness, a reminder of the deep pits and working heritage that define the horizon. Penhale maintains a stoic character, marked by the interplay of utilitarian history and the reclaiming wildness of the moorland flora. Every road near Penhale traces the contours of a land that has been deeply excavated, yet remains strikingly vast under the pale, shifting light of the South West.
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Live animated radar for Penhale and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Penhale, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Penhale, 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 Penhale includes coordinates 50.368637, -4.792558, 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 Penhale is available on the Penhale 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.