St Ives, Cornwall Weather
About St Ives, Cornwall
Granite cliffs and the restless Atlantic define the jagged edge where St Ives meets the sea. It lies 3.2 miles north-west of Hayle (from Hayle: bearing 306°T, OS grid SW 517 404), and is situated north-north-west of Halsetown village. Once a thriving hub for the pilchard trade, the harbour now shifts its industry toward the transient rhythms of tourism and the arts. The light here possesses a singular, crystalline clarity that has drawn painters to its shores for generations, casting long, sharp shadows across the harbour walls. This economic transition reflects a deep history of maritime labour, leaving behind the salt-worn stone of old warehouses that now shelter galleries instead of nets.
Narrow, winding lanes climb away from the water, leading past the ancient, weathered stones of the Churchyard Cross in St Ia's churchyard. The creative spirit of the place finds a permanent home in the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, where bronze forms stand in quiet communion with the coastal gales. Figures such as Virginia Woolf once found inspiration in the shifting tides of the bay, their legacies lingering in the salt air. Visitors often wander toward the Trewyn Gardens to escape the sun-drenched bustle, finding a stillness that contrasts with the vibrant energy of the harbour. St Ives remains a place where the boundary between the wild, unruly ocean and the human hand feels perpetually thin and fragile.
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About This St Ives, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Ives, 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 St Ives includes coordinates 50.211431, -5.480778, 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 St Ives is available on the St Ives 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.