St Mawes, Cornwall Weather
About St Mawes, Cornwall
St Mawes commands a sheltered position upon the Roseland Peninsula, where the salt-heavy air clarifies the horizon and softens the edges of the surrounding greenery. It lies 2.6 miles east of Falmouth (from Falmouth: bearing 82°T, OS grid SW 847 331), and is situated south of St Just in Roseland village. The harbour waters hold a particular stillness, reflecting the white-washed facades that climb the incline like a scattering of bleached shells. Beyond the quay, the heavy masonry of St Mawes Castle guards the entrance to the Carrick Roads, its clover-leaf design standing as a stoic witness to the tactical shifts of the Tudor era. Visitors often trace the path toward the shoreline of Summers Beach, where the tide retreats to reveal a fine, grey grit that crunches rhythmically underfoot. The light here possesses a singular, pearlescent quality, catching the masts of drifting yachts and illuminating the quiet corners of the coastline. St Mawes remains anchored by its maritime identity, maintaining a steady pulse that echoes the ebb and flow of the deep-water channel. Through the narrow lanes, the legacy of defence and trade persists, grounding St Mawes in a landscape that values the permanence of stone and the volatility of the sea.
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About This St Mawes, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Mawes, 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 Mawes includes coordinates 50.15884, -5.015393, 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 Mawes is available on the St Mawes 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.