Stenalees, Cornwall Weather
About Stenalees, Cornwall
Stenalees bears the quiet, industrial gravity of the Cornish china clay country, where the earth has been shaped by generations of extraction. It lies 2.9 miles north of St Austell (from St Austell: bearing 358°T, OS grid SX 014 571), and is situated north-west of Penwithick village. The horizon here is dominated by the stark, white pyramids of waste tips that rise like man-made mountains against the shifting Atlantic clouds. To the north-west, the rugged prominence of Hensbarrow Beacon commands the skyline, its ancient silhouette watching over the scarred but resilient moorland. A short distance to the south-east, the slopes of Caerloggas Downs offer a softer contrast, where gorse and heather reclaim the ground between the pits. The light in Stenalees possesses a peculiar clarity, reflecting off the pale silt and giving the atmosphere a crisp, almost crystalline quality during the long afternoons. Beneath the surface, the legacy of the clay works persists, defining the character of the ground and the persistent, industrious spirit of those who reside here. This high, exposed terrain offers a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, restless energy of the coast.
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About This Stenalees, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stenalees, 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 Stenalees includes coordinates 50.380532, -4.793918, 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 Stenalees is available on the Stenalees 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.