Rumford, Cornwall Weather
About Rumford, Cornwall
Rumford occupies a quiet pocket of the Cornish plateau where the Atlantic air carries a sharp, salt-crusted clarity. It lies 3.5 miles south-south-west of Padstow (from Padstow: bearing 199°T, OS grid SW 897 701), and is situated north-east of St Eval village. Windswept hedgerows define the boundaries of the fields, tracing lines that have remained largely unchanged since the days of hand-ploughing. The earth here is ancient and resilient, guarding secrets like the Long Stone or Eddystone, a monolith that stands as a silent sentinel against the passing of centuries. Nearby, the remnants of the Trevisker Round offer a glimpse into the domestic lives of Iron Age inhabitants who first carved a living from this exposed terrain. Rumford maintains a modest, unassuming character, preferring the honest industry of the soil to the bustle of the nearby coast. Light falls across the landscape with a peculiar, silvery intensity that seems to sharpen the edges of every stone and gatepost. It is a place where the modern world feels distant, filtered through the persistent, rhythmic hum of the wind.
Flight conditions near Rumford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Rumford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Rumford, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rumford, 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 Rumford includes coordinates 50.493561, -4.966246, 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 Rumford is available on the Rumford 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.