Newquay, UK
5 Aug 2026 to 9 Aug 2026
Watergate Bay on the north Cornish coast. Atlantic storms and high winds are the real risk; the 2019 cancellation remains the cautionary tale.
A live forecast with conditions score, packing advice, and historical comparison will be available from 2026-07-22.
Current conditions refresh daily at 07:00 UTC from our cron. Forecasts cache for 6 hours; climate averages for 24 hours; the 20-year historical distribution refreshes weekly.
A single 0-10 rating of how Boardmasters's event window is shaping up, weighted toward the festival's primary risk (thunderstorms and heavy rain bursts). Above 7 means likely good, 4-6 is mixed, below 4 means prepare for the worst.
Open-Meteo, an open weather API that blends multiple national weather services plus ERA5 archive data going back to 2006. The same data powers many outdoor apps.
No. The 20-year comparison uses weather records for this location and event window regardless of whether the festival itself ran that year. That gives us a consistent 20-year sample even for festivals that started more recently.
See the "Pack for it" section above. The list is generated from the current forecast, tuned to the temperatures, rain probability, and primary risk you will actually face.