Today
May 28
Rain
8°
Low 6°
Rain chance97%
Rain total16.8 mm
Max wind21 km/h
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Live conditions · Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
Cornwall is wet right now
Cornwall right now
Feels like 4° · Rain and Mist
Cornwall is already dealing with rain and mist right now. Wind is 22.7 km/h from the ENE. Air quality is favorable. Wait for a drier break or keep this stop very short.
Wind
23 km/h ENE
UV
0.8
Air
1 AQHI
Updated 3:00 p.m. · Environment Canada
3-hour window
Rain is here now
Rain is already on top of Cornwall. Wait for a break before heading out.
Activity match
Skip today
Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
Skip today
Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
Skip today
Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
Tonight
Low of 6°C · Rain
Rain chance
97%
Wind peak
21 km/h
Tomorrow morning
4° → 6°C · Light drizzle
Rain chance
61%
UV peak
4.2
Plan the school run and morning commute around this.
Per-beach live readings
Walking verdict per park
Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
Paved waterfront boardwalk along the West River — the town's flagship walking trail with estuary views and benches throughout.
Tides · wind · water · trails
Light to moderate breeze across the bridge — comfortable for any commute.
23 km/h ENE
Crosswind reading from Charlottetown harbour — the closest active station to the Route 1 corridor through Cornwall.
Water is too cold for swimming today — better suited to beach walking.
8.0°C · Northumberland Strait
Live read from the Northumberland Strait DFO buoy — the same body of water that feeds the West River estuary.
Daylight today
A long stretch of daylight to work with today.
Sunrise
5:28 a.m.
15h 25m of daylight
Sunset
8:54 p.m.
Charlottetown wind
Wind is 23 km/h from the ENE, with gusts near 32 km/h — comfortable for most outdoor activity.
Environment Canada · Charlottetown Airport
Rain today
Heavy rain has fallen in Cornwall today (16.8 mm) — flooding and runoff worth watching.
16.8 mm today · Open-Meteo
Severe weather watch
No active severe weather warnings or watches from Environment Canada for the Charlottetown area right now.
0 active EC alerts
7-day forecast
Daily outlook from Open-Meteo, with current conditions blended from Environment Canada.
Today
May 28
Rain
8°
Low 6°
Fri
May 29
Precipitation radar
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Live conditions
Common questions
Cornwall shares the Charlottetown weather station roughly nine kilometres east, so live temperature, wind, UV, and air quality all reflect what you'll feel on the West River. The OpenAir verdict at the top of this page combines those readings into a plain-English call on whether right now is good for outdoor plans.
Argyle Shore Provincial Park is the closest managed beach — a 20-minute drive south on Route 19 with washrooms, picnic grounds, and warm strait water. Canoe Cove is quieter and good for wading, while Rocky Point Beach offers harbour views and tide pools. The beach cards on this page show live conditions for each, so pick whichever has the best Go/Caution/Skip rating right now.
The Cornwall Boardwalk along the West River is open year-round for walking, with the main season running from mid-May through October. We surface live wind, UV, and rainfall on this page so you can see if it's a comfortable day for the loop before you head out.
Cornwall has the West River Boardwalk, the Terry Fox Sports Complex grounds, the APM Centre walking loop, the Cornwall & Area Watershed trails along the North River, and neighbourhood parks at Warren Grove and Meadowbank. Each is scored live on this page against current Cornwall conditions.
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Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
The town's main outdoor sports hub — soccer fields, baseball diamonds, playground, and a walking loop on landscaped grounds.
Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
Cornwall's twin-pad arena with adjacent green space, a playground, and the trailhead for the Cornwall Trail.
Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
Natural trail network along the North River with marsh boardwalks and woodland sections — a quieter alternative to the main boardwalk.
Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
Neighbourhood park with playground and open green space, popular with families in the Warren Grove subdivision.
Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
Rural community park on the western edge of Cornwall — playground, ballfield, and quiet trails.
Active precipitation is already on top of this location.
Wait for better conditions
Walking verdict for the paved West River boardwalk, scored against current Cornwall conditions.
Next low tide at 3:55 p.m. — exposed sandbars and easy beach access.
Low · 0.7 m
DFO tide prediction for the Charlottetown station, the closest official tide gauge to Cornwall's West River estuary.
Pressure trend
Pressure is 1009 hPa, in the low range — unsettled weather is more likely while it stays here.
1009 hPa · low
Light drizzle
6°
Low 4°
Sat
May 30
Light drizzle
6°
Low 4°
Sun
May 31
Overcast
10°
Low 4°
Mon
Jun 1
Overcast
13°
Low 3°
Tue
Jun 2
Foggy
18°
Low 6°
Wed
Jun 3
Foggy
20°
Low 10°
Fox Meadow Golf & Country Club is wet right now
We pull the live wind reading from the Charlottetown harbour station, the closest active observation site to the Trans-Canada Highway as it runs through Cornwall. Sustained winds above 50 km/h make the bridge approaches and Route 1 open stretches noticeably gusty; above 70 km/h, expect provincial restrictions on the Confederation Bridge to the west.
Cornwall uses the Charlottetown harbour tide table from Fisheries and Oceans Canada — the closest official station. The West River estuary tides closely follow the Charlottetown reading. The next high and low tide times appear in the Cornwall intel block on this page, refreshed throughout the day.
Sunrise and sunset times update daily on this page, calculated for Cornwall's exact coordinates (46.237°N, 63.215°W). In peak summer, expect daylight from before 5:30 AM until after 9:00 PM; in midwinter, the window shrinks to roughly 7:45 AM to 4:30 PM.
Free parking at the Terry Fox Sports Complex, the APM Centre, and along the Cornwall Boardwalk. The boardwalk lot fills up fastest on summer weekends with good weather — check the OpenAir verdict at the top of this page before deciding when to arrive.
Cornwall is about nine kilometres west of downtown Charlottetown along Route 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) — a 12-minute drive in normal traffic. T3 Transit's Route 3 connects Cornwall to Charlottetown's downtown core throughout the day.
Cool air — a beach walk works, but swimming will bite.
The closest red-sand beach to Cornwall — a managed provincial park on the south shore with warm Northumberland Strait water, picnic grounds, and a great view of Nova Scotia across the strait.
Cool air — a beach walk works, but swimming will bite.
Quiet south-shore beach a short drive from Cornwall — red sand, warm strait water, and tide pools at low tide. Informal access with no facilities.
Cool air — a beach walk works, but swimming will bite.
Across the harbour from Charlottetown — a quiet shoreline with views of the city skyline, Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst National Historic Site, and the Hillsborough Bay tide.
