Rescorla, Cornwall Weather
About Rescorla, Cornwall
Rescorla remains a quiet witness to the shifting contours of the Cornish landscape, where the earth bears the deep, pale scars of a long-standing china clay heritage. It lies 3.1 miles west-north-west of St Blazey (from St Blazey: bearing 301°T, OS grid SX 027 575), and is situated north-north-east of Penwithick village. The horizon here is dominated by the stark, monumental white cones of the clay tips, which catch the fleeting coastal light and cast long, silvery shadows over the surrounding gorse. To the south-west, the open expanse of Caerloggas Downs offers a sense of vast, unencumbered space that contrasts sharply with the intricate, narrow lanes winding through the houses. The air in Rescorla often carries a crisp, mineral clarity, refined by the proximity of the Great Treverbyn Mica Dam where the water sits perfectly still, reflecting the grey-blue sky like a polished mirror. Granite walls, lichen-spotted and sturdy, define the boundaries of small gardens where hardy flora manages to thrive against the prevailing Atlantic winds. Time feels suspended in the quietude of the lanes, far removed from the busier arteries of the county, allowing the raw, geological character of the terrain to assert its presence. Rescorla endures as a place of subtle, austere beauty, defined by the interplay between human industry and the stubborn, wild resilience of the moorland edge.
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Live animated radar for Rescorla and surroundings — RainViewer.
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About This Rescorla, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rescorla, 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 Rescorla includes coordinates 50.384362, -4.776332, 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 Rescorla is available on the Rescorla 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.