Porthloo, Cornwall Weather
About Porthloo, Cornwall
Porthloo commands a rugged stretch of the St Mary’s coastline, where the Atlantic salt air scours the granite landscape into sharp, enduring clarity. It lies 0.8 miles north-north-east of Hugh Town (from Hugh Town: bearing 29°T, OS grid SV 909 115). The terrain here is shaped by the Porthloo SSSI, a protected coastal margin where rare flora clings to the rocky crevices against the relentless press of the tides. To the north, the ancient stones of the Platform Cairn on Carn Morval Down rise from the heather, marking a silence that has persisted since the prehistoric era. Sunlight often catches the mica in the soil, lending a fleeting, metallic shimmer to the paths that wind toward the shore. Inland, the freshwater Porthloo Pool serves as a quiet mirror to the shifting maritime clouds, providing a calm counterpoint to the turbulent currents of the nearby sound. Porthloo retains a stark, elemental character, defined more by the movement of the sea and the weight of its exposed bedrock than by the temporary structures of man. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, offering a perspective on the Scilly archipelago that feels both vast and intimately observed.
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About This Porthloo, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Porthloo, 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 Porthloo includes coordinates 49.924426, -6.3076, 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 Porthloo is available on the Porthloo 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.