Today
Oct 29
Overcast
14°
Low 3°
Rain chance1%
Rain total0.0 mm
Max wind28 km/h
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Live conditions · Cornwall, Prince Edward Island
Best window right now at Cornwall
Cornwall right now
Feels like 2° · Mostly clear
Cornwall is in a sweet spot right now with mostly clear. Wind is 19.1 km/h from the SW. Air quality is favorable. If this is your stop, head out now and take advantage of the next couple of hours.
Wind
19 km/h SW
UV
0.7
Air
1.62 AQHI
Updated 9:00 a.m. · Environment Canada
3-hour window
Conditions hold steady
No near-term weather shift is showing up in the current forecast window.
Activity match
Great
Conditions line up nicely right now.
Great
Conditions line up nicely right now.
Great
Conditions line up nicely right now.
Tonight
Low of 3°C · Overcast
Rain chance
1%
Wind peak
28 km/h
Tomorrow morning
7° → 14°C · Rain
Rain chance
67%
UV peak
2.6
Plan the school run and morning commute around this.
Per-beach live readings
Walking verdict per park
Conditions line up nicely right now.
Paved waterfront boardwalk along the West River — the town's flagship walking trail with estuary views and benches throughout.
Tides · wind · water · trails
Calm conditions on the bridge deck right now.
19 km/h SW
Crosswind reading from Charlottetown harbour — the closest active station to the Route 1 corridor through Cornwall.
Cool but doable for kids and short dips — adults may find it bracing.
14.0°C · Northumberland Strait
Live read from the Northumberland Strait DFO buoy — the same body of water that feeds the West River estuary.
Daylight today
Shorter daylight window — front-load outdoor time.
Sunrise
7:50 a.m.
10h 14m of daylight
Sunset
6:05 p.m.
Charlottetown wind
Wind is 19 km/h from the SW, with gusts near 44 km/h — comfortable for most outdoor activity.
Environment Canada · Charlottetown Airport
Rain today
No measurable rain has fallen in Cornwall today — the day is staying dry.
0.0 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
Oct 29
Overcast
14°
Low 3°
Fri
Oct 30
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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Conditions line up nicely right now.
The town's main outdoor sports hub — soccer fields, baseball diamonds, playground, and a walking loop on landscaped grounds.
Conditions line up nicely right now.
Cornwall's twin-pad arena with adjacent green space, a playground, and the trailhead for the Cornwall Trail.
Conditions line up nicely right now.
Natural trail network along the North River with marsh boardwalks and woodland sections — a quieter alternative to the main boardwalk.
Conditions line up nicely right now.
Neighbourhood park with playground and open green space, popular with families in the Warren Grove subdivision.
Conditions line up nicely right now.
Rural community park on the western edge of Cornwall — playground, ballfield, and quiet trails.
Conditions line up nicely right now.
Great walking weather
Walking verdict for the paved West River boardwalk, scored against current Cornwall conditions.
Next high tide at 2:20 p.m. — best swimming window before the sandbars fill in.
High · 2.8 m
DFO tide prediction for the Charlottetown station, the closest official tide gauge to Cornwall's West River estuary.
Pressure trend
Pressure is 1019 hPa, sitting in a steady mid-range — no sharp change in the local pattern right now.
1019 hPa · steady
Rain
14°
Low 7°
Sat
Oct 31
Light drizzle
7°
Low 2°
Sun
Nov 1
Overcast
8°
Low 1°
Mon
Nov 2
Light drizzle
13°
Low 7°
Tue
Nov 3
Light drizzle
10°
Low 0°
Wed
Nov 4
Overcast
7°
Low 0°
Best window right now at Fox Meadow Golf & Country Club
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.
