Portgate, Devon Weather
About Portgate, Devon
Portgate retains a quiet, stoic presence where the land begins to rise into the rugged contours of the Devon countryside. It lies 5.5 miles east of Launceston (from Launceston: bearing 80°T, OS grid SX 419 857), and is situated south-west of Stowford village. The horizon here is dominated by the gentle, grassy crest of Portgatehill, a prominence that catches the shifting Atlantic light long before it reaches the lower fields. To the north, the historic grounds of Hayne Manor provide a dignified contrast to the utilitarian rhythms of the working farms that define the local economy. The air carries a distinct sharpness, pulled across the landscape by winds that seem to have travelled unimpeded from the distant coast. Ancient boundaries and hedgerows trace the perimeter of the fields, marking out a pattern of land use that has altered little over the passing decades. Portgate remains a place of understated character, where the silence of the evening is punctuated only by the distant call of rooks or the movement of cattle. There is a profound sense of solitude in the way the sunlight fades across the slopes, illuminating the weathered stone and deep, damp earth of this corner of the West Country.
Flight conditions near Portgate. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Portgate and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Portgate, Devon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Portgate, Devon, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Portgate includes coordinates 50.649845, -4.236641, in the county of Devon, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Portgate is available on the Portgate map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Devon 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.