Porthmeor, Cornwall Weather
About Porthmeor, Cornwall
Porthmeor emerges from the rugged granite spine of West Penwith as a quiet gathering of stone dwellings amidst the wild, gorse-flecked moorland. It lies 4.9 miles north-north-west of Penzance (from Penzance: bearing 328°T, OS grid SW 431 371), and is situated north-north-west of Madron village. The Atlantic wind scours the slopes here, carrying a salt-heavy clarity that sharpens the silhouettes of the ancient landscape against an expansive, shifting sky. Just a short distance to the west, the weathered stone skeletons of the Bosigran Smelting Works stand as silent witnesses to a time when earth and fire were forced into industry. Porthmeor keeps company with the ghosts of earlier inhabitants, as evidenced by the courtyard house settlement nearby, where the low walls offer a tactile connection to the domestic lives of the Iron Age. The ground beneath one’s boots feels firm and ancient, marked by the slow, deliberate movements of livestock that have grazed these hills for centuries. Sunlight glints off the outcrops of Carn Galver, casting long, dramatic shadows that stretch across the heather as the afternoon wanes. Porthmeor endures in this high, exposed terrain, anchored by the enduring weight of history and the relentless, bracing breath of the sea.
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About This Porthmeor, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Porthmeor, 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 Porthmeor includes coordinates 50.178546, -5.598518, 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 Porthmeor is available on the Porthmeor 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.