Celebrating 10 years of Cornish Weather Watchers

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The sky had an orange hue in Tintagel on 6 March 2023
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It was a wet day in Truro on 31 January 2017
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Strong winds and storm conditions hit the Isles of Scilly, including St Martin's, on 17 November 2015
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Weather conditions play an important role for farmers, including at this farm in St Minver on 8 May 2016
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A popular theme for Weather Watchers has been sunrises and sunsets, like this one in Porthtowan on 17 April 2017
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Another popular theme has been sunny pictures from Cornwall's coast, including from Padstow on 14 September 2018
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The weather in St Ives on 26 September 2018 looked like it would not cause too many issues for the town's RNLI crew
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It was a good day for surfers in Pendower on 10 August 2019
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There was a beautiful start to Christmas Day in Charlestown in 2019
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The Covid pandemic led to people making the most of their surroundings, even on gloomy days in Bude on 30 October 2020
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This image in Porth on 19 July 2021 was taken at about 21:30
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Storm Eunice battered parts of Cornwall, including Porthleven on 18 February 2022
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The early summer weather in Saltash looked overcast on 3 June 2024
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The Northern Lights have appeared several times in Cornwall's skies in recent years, including on this occasion in Polzeath on 13 August 2024 when a shooting star turned up
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Snowy conditions brought a chill to places like Altarnun on 8 January 2025
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Weather Watchers have added colour to forecasts, just like this rainbow in St Breward on 10 November 2025

George Thorpe

South West

7 hours ago

People in Cornwall have been helping brighten up weather forecasts in the South West with their own photographs for a decade.

Since launching in November 2015, BBC Weather Watchers has given audiences the ability to send in their own pictures from where they live to show what conditions are like.

Over the years, Cornish Weather Watchers have posted photos of storms sending waves crashing into the coast, sunny beaches and snow-covered fields.

Describing some of the images as "standalone works of art", BBC South West senior broadcast meteorologist David Braine said they had proved a vital tool for forecasts.

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Braine said: "For me, the photographs and weather reports help me tell the weather story of the day, illustrating a change from one part of our region to the other.

"What is astonishing is just how good the photography is.

"Many of the photographs are standalone works of art, not just during the day time, but people out at all times of the night."

Ten years of wonderful Weather Watchers

17 November 2025

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