Climbing Forecast › Cornwall — Redruth › Carn Brea

CORNWALL — REDRUTH · GRANITE

Carn Brea climbing conditions

Good — dry and climbable

Right now

Temp18°C
Wind12.2 km/h
Gusts18 km/h
Humidity97%
Rain 48h0mm
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

No recent rain
High humidity (97%) — granite friction compromised, particularly for bouldering

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Friday 14 August
Good
Temp23°C
Rain0mm
Wind14 km/h
Gusts18 km/h
Humidity69%
No recent rain
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 18° 0mm 12 0 97%
07:00 19° 0mm 14 0 88%
08:00 21° 0mm 13 0 80.4%
09:00 21° 0mm 13 0 75.4%
10:00 22° 0mm 13 0 71.8%
11:00 23° 0mm 13 0 68.6%
12:00 24° 0mm 13 0 66.4%
13:00 24° 0mm 13 0 66.9%
14:00 23° 0mm 15 0 68%
15:00 23° 0mm 15 0 69.5%
16:00 22° 0mm 17 0 72.4%
17:00 21° 0mm 19 0 75.7%
18:00 20° 0mm 20 0 79.5%
19:00 19° 0mm 19 0 83.1%
20:00 18° 0mm 18 0 86.4%
21:00 18° 0mm 16 0 90.8%
Sat Saturday 15 August
Good
Temp20°C
Rain0mm
Wind22 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity61%
No recent rain
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 16° 0mm 22 0 85.1%
07:00 18° 0mm 23 0 76.9%
08:00 19° 0mm 23 0 70.3%
09:00 19° 0mm 23 0 66.7%
10:00 20° 0mm 22 0 60.5%
11:00 20° 0mm 22 0 59.9%
12:00 20° 0mm 22 0 59%
13:00 20° 0mm 21 0 58.6%
14:00 20° 0mm 22 0 61.4%
15:00 20° 0mm 22 0 62.1%
16:00 19° 0mm 23 0 64.9%
17:00 18° 0mm 25 0 68%
18:00 18° 0mm 25 0 71.4%
19:00 17° 0mm 24 0 70%
20:00 16° 0mm 21 0 70.3%
21:00 16° 0mm 20 0 70.5%
Sun Sunday 16 August
Good
Temp20°C
Rain0mm
Wind14 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity57%
No recent rain
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 14° 0mm 15 0 81.8%
07:00 16° 0mm 16 0 74.3%
08:00 17° 0mm 14 0 67.9%
09:00 18° 0mm 12 0 63.6%
10:00 19° 0mm 13 0 59.8%
11:00 20° 0mm 13 0 55.3%
12:00 21° 0mm 11 0 52.8%
13:00 21° 0mm 11 0 52.1%
14:00 21° 0mm 17 0 55.8%
15:00 20° 0mm 19 0 58.4%
16:00 20° 0mm 16 0 62.1%
17:00 19° 0mm 15 0 65.4%
18:00 18° 0mm 16 0 68.6%
Mon Monday 17 August
Good
Temp22°C
Rain0.2mm
Wind18 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity70%
No recent rain
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 17° 0.08mm 10 0 86.9%
12:00 22° 0.12mm 18 0 70.2%
18:00 20° 0.03mm 16 0 76.3%
Tue Tuesday 18 August
Poor
Temp23°C
Rain0.6mm
Wind21 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity71%
0.6mm rain forecast
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 18° 0.1mm 11 0 93.7%
12:00 23° 0.13mm 21 0 70.8%
18:00 20° 0.28mm 19 0 88.2%
Wed Wednesday 19 August
Good
Temp20°C
Rain0.2mm
Wind13 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity66%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 16° 0.12mm 9 0 92.4%
12:00 20° 0.05mm 13 0 65.7%
18:00 17° 0.02mm 14 0 65.8%
Thu Thursday 20 August
Poor
Temp18°C
Rain0.7mm
Wind19 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity66%
0.7mm rain forecast
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 14° 0.23mm 11 0 88.1%
12:00 18° 0.22mm 19 0 65.6%
18:00 17° 0.18mm 21 0 59%
Fri Friday 21 August
Poor
Temp18°C
Rain0.6mm
Wind25 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity65%
0.6mm rain forecast
  • Good conditions for granite
  • Breezy — helps drying
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 14° 0.15mm 21 0 87.2%
12:00 18° 0.23mm 25 0 65.4%
18:00 16° 0.02mm 19 0 69.7%
Sat Saturday 22 August
Poor
Temp16°C
Rain0.5mm
Wind7 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity83%
0.5mm rain forecast
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 14° 0.22mm 3 0 88.5%
12:00 16° 0.28mm 7 0 82.9%
18:00 15° 0mm 9 0 86.7%
Sun Sunday 23 August
Good
Temp18°C
Rain0.2mm
Wind17 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity68%
Should be dry
  • Good conditions for granite
Time °C Rain Wind Gust Hum
06:00 13° 0.15mm 9 0 92.2%
12:00 18° 0mm 17 0 67.7%
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.

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