Porthcothan, Cornwall Weather
About Porthcothan, Cornwall
Porthcothan breathes in the salt-heavy air of the Atlantic, where the Atlantic swells collapse against the jagged teeth of the Cornish coast. It lies 4.0 miles west-south-west of Padstow (from Padstow: bearing 237°T, OS grid SW 861 721), and is situated south of Treyarnon village. The land drops away toward the sea in a sequence of verdant, wind-battered slopes that frame the deep sands of Porthcothan Beach. Here, the light possesses a peculiar, silver-edged clarity, illuminating the rhythmic rise and fall of the tide as it carves through the narrow entrance of the cove. Beyond the immediate shoreline, the terrain rises toward the ancient, weathered earthworks of the Three Promontory Forts, which stand silent against the relentless coastal gales. These remnants of older lives watch over the grazing livestock and the quiet, rolling fields that define the local agricultural character. Porthcothan remains defined by this interplay between the stubborn, resilient rock and the soft, shifting currents of the ocean. Each season brings a change in the hue of the gorse and heather, painting the headlands in sudden, vivid bursts of yellow and purple.
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Live animated radar for Porthcothan and surroundings — RainViewer.
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About This Porthcothan, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Porthcothan, 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 Porthcothan includes coordinates 50.509759, -5.017043, 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 Porthcothan is available on the Porthcothan 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.