Climbing Forecast › Cornwall — Redruth › Carn Brea

CORNWALL — REDRUTH · GRANITE

Carn Brea climbing conditions

Good — dry and climbable

Right now

Temp13°C
Wind16 km/h
Gusts24 km/h
Humidity82.8%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

No recent rain
Good friction temperature range for granite

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Monday 28 September
Good
Temp0°C
Raindry
Wind16 km/h
Gusts24 km/h
Humidity83%
No recent rain
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
10:00 — dry — — null%
18:00 13° dry 16 — 82.8%
19:00 12° dry 19 — 83.7%
20:00 12° dry 21 — 85.7%
21:00 12° dry 22 — 89.2%
Tue Tuesday 29 September
Poor
Temp18°C
Rain20mm
Wind33 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity90%
19.7mm rain forecastHumidity 90% — potential fog
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Very windy — exposed routes will be unpleasant
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 15° dry 26 — 98.2%
07:00 15° dry 24 — 98.4%
08:00 16° dry 24 — 97.2%
09:00 16° dry 29 — 95.3%
10:00 17° 0.2mm 32 — 93.7%
11:00 18° 0.1mm 35 — 91.1%
12:00 18° dry 34 — 90.6%
13:00 19° dry 34 — 89.5%
14:00 19° dry 31 — 88.3%
15:00 20° 0.9mm 30 — 87.1%
16:00 18° 1mm 35 — 90.1%
17:00 17° 1mm 35 — 95.1%
18:00 17° 4mm 35 — 93.5%
19:00 17° 4mm 39 — 93.8%
20:00 17° 3mm 37 — 94.5%
21:00 17° 4mm 39 — 93.9%
Wed Wednesday 30 September
Poor
Temp16°C
Rain3mm
Wind29 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity73%
3.1mm rain forecast
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 14° dry 23 — 88.8%
07:00 14° dry 26 — 86.3%
08:00 15° dry 27 — 83.2%
09:00 16° 0.1mm 27 — 80.3%
10:00 17° 0.2mm 28 — 69.5%
11:00 17° 0.3mm 28 — 67.6%
12:00 17° 0.4mm 29 — 68%
13:00 16° 0.4mm 33 — 73.9%
14:00 16° 0.9mm 32 — 73.9%
15:00 15° dry 25 — 81.5%
16:00 16° 0.3mm 27 — 77.4%
17:00 15° 0.2mm 24 — 81%
18:00 14° dry 21 — 83.6%
19:00 13° dry 19 — 86.1%
20:00 13° 0.1mm 18 — 82.1%
21:00 13° 0.1mm 17 — 83.4%
Thu Thursday 1 October
Good
Temp16°C
Rain0.2mm
Wind20 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity62%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 11° 0.1mm 17 — 91.1%
12:00 16° dry 20 — 62%
18:00 14° dry 11 — 78.7%
Fri Friday 2 October
Good
Temp18°C
Raindry
Wind19 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity73%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 14° dry 12 — 88.9%
12:00 18° dry 19 — 73.1%
18:00 14° dry 7 — 90.1%
Sat Saturday 3 October
Good
Temp18°C
Rain0.2mm
Wind9 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity82%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 12° 0.1mm 5 — 97.4%
12:00 18° 0.1mm 9 — 81.8%
18:00 14° dry 8 — 96.4%
Sun Sunday 4 October
Good
Temp17°C
Raindry
Wind4 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity67%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 9° dry 5 — 99.8%
12:00 17° dry 4 — 67.1%
18:00 13° dry 5 — 88.4%
Mon Monday 5 October
Good
Temp16°C
Raindry
Wind9 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity78%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 9° dry 3 — 99.6%
12:00 16° dry 9 — 77.8%
18:00 12° dry 4 — 94.3%

About Carn Brea

Carn Brea is a prominent granite hill crowned with massive tor formations and boulders, situated between Redruth and Camborne. The rock character is extremely rough, high-friction granite featuring rounded slopers, sharp crimp edges, and physical compression arêtes. Because the tors and boulders face all cardinal directions, climbers can find sun or shade at any time of day. The venue is predominantly a bouldering destination, offering hundreds of problems from VB up to elite 7th grade roof challenges, alongside short trad lines. Access is effortless, taking five minutes up gentle paths from the hilltop monument parking area. Open hilltop breezes ensure the rock dries almost immediately after rain.

Region
Cornwall — Redruth
Rock type
Granite
Altitude
220m
Exposure
medium
Seepage
low