Upton Cross, Cornwall Weather
About Upton Cross, Cornwall
Upton Cross captures the rugged spirit of the Cornish uplands, where the sky seems to weigh heavily upon the rolling granite moors. It lies 4.9 miles west-north-west of Callington (from Callington: bearing 287°T, OS grid SX 284 721), and is situated south-west of Rilla Mill village. The light here possesses a singular, bruised clarity, often shifting rapidly as clouds race over the broad shoulder of Caradon Hill to the south-west. Beneath this vast expanse, the skeletal remains of the Whim Engine House stand as a stoic reminder of the deep, copper-veined earth that once defined the local economy. A quiet intensity lingers near the Sterts Theatre, where the open-air stage draws life from the very moorland winds that whistle through the gorse. Upton Cross maintains an austere beauty, defined by the stark contrast between the verdant fields and the dark, industrial scars of the abandoned mines. Every stone wall and lane reflects a history forged in the extraction of tin and copper, leaving a landscape that feels both abandoned and enduring. This corner of the world remains tethered to the rhythm of the weather, indifferent to the passage of modern haste.
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About This Upton Cross, Cornwall Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upton Cross, 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 Upton Cross includes coordinates 50.524092, -4.421585, 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 Upton Cross is available on the Upton Cross 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.