Dornoch Firth (Highland) weather

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Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:10

Sunset: 18:36
Drizzle changing to partly cloudy by nighttime.

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Next low tide: 21:09 for
Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)
Dornoch (Caravan Park) (Beach)

2.1 miles
Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 9 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6 degrees Celsius;
Tue 24 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 10° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:07

Sunset: 18:38
Light showers changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

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First high tide: 03:23 for
Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)
Dornoch (Caravan Park) (Beach)

2.1 miles
Tue 24 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 10 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1 degrees Celsius;
Wed 25 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:04

Sunset: 18:41
Sleet changing to cloudy by lunchtime.

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First high tide: 04:10 for
Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)
Dornoch (Caravan Park) (Beach)

2.1 miles
Wed 25 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 6 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0 degrees Celsius;
Thu 26 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 8° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:01

Sunset: 18:43
Sunny intervals changing to cloudy in the afternoon.

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First high tide: 05:13 for
Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)
Dornoch (Caravan Park) (Beach)

2.1 miles
Thu 26 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 8 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3 degrees Celsius;
Fri 27 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:59

Sunset: 18:45
Light showers.

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First high tide: 06:29 for
Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)
Dornoch (Caravan Park) (Beach)

2.1 miles
Fri 27 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 9 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2 degrees Celsius;
Sat 28 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:56

Sunset: 18:47
Cloudy changing to light showers by lunchtime.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.
First high tide: 08:10 for
Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)
Dornoch (Caravan Park) (Beach)

2.1 miles
Sat 28 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 9 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4 degrees Celsius;
Sun 29 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 12° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:53

Sunset: 19:49
Light rain.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.
First high tide: 10:27 for
Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)
Dornoch (Caravan Park) (Beach)

2.1 miles
Sun 29 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 12 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6 degrees Celsius;

Drizzle changing to partly cloudy by nighttime.

Sunrise: 06:10

Sunset: 18:36

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Next low tide: 21:09 for

Dornoch - Burn Mouth (Beach)

7 day forecast for Dornoch Firth

Today (23 March 2026)

Time	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	50%	40%	<5%	10%	20%
Temperature (°C)	8°	9°	9°	9°	10°	10°
Feels like temperature (°C)	4°	5°	5°	5°	6°	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSW 19	SSW 21	SSW 22	SW 21	SW 20	SW 24
Wind gust (mph)	33	36	39	41	43	46
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	85%	84%	85%	85%	84%	81%
UV	1	-	-	-	-	-

Tuesday (24 March 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	70%	80%	50%	40%	50%	70%	80%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	≥95%	80%	70%	70%	70%	60%	50%	40%	40%	50%	40%	50%
Temperature (°C)	10°	10°	9°	8°	8°	8°	8°	7°	7°	8°	8°	9°	9°	8°	8°	8°	8°	7°	6°	5°	4°	4°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	6°	6°	4°	4°	3°	3°	3°	2°	2°	3°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	3°	2°	1°	0°	0°	-1°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WSW 27	WSW 29	WSW 29	WSW 28	SW 28	SW 28	SW 26	SW 25	SW 24	WSW 24	WSW 24	WSW 24	WSW 23	WSW 21	WSW 19	WSW 18	W 17	W 16	W 15	WSW 13	W 13	W 14	W 15	W 17
Wind gust (mph)	47	48	48	46	44	43	42	40	40	40	40	39	38	35	32	30	27	25	24	24	24	27	27	28
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	74%	71%	67%	66%	66%	66%	67%	71%	73%	70%	68%	66%	66%	70%	68%	67%	66%	71%	72%	72%	73%	73%	75%	74%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Wednesday (25 March 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	40%	60%	60%	70%	80%	90%	90%	90%	90%	70%	60%	40%	30%	20%	40%	40%	50%	60%	60%	50%	50%	50%	30%	30%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	3°	4°	4°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	4°	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	-2°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-4°	-4°	-3°	-3°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-3°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	W 18	W 20	W 20	W 19	W 18	W 17	W 17	W 17	W 16	WNW 16	WNW 17	NW 19	NW 21	NW 22	NW 23	NW 22	NW 21	NW 20	NW 18	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 18	WNW 19	WNW 19
Wind gust (mph)	31	30	29	29	30	29	29	29	29	29	30	32	35	36	36	38	35	34	31	31	30	30	31	31
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	75%	74%	78%	79%	76%	82%	85%	83%	84%	81%	77%	65%	57%	57%	56%	58%	59%	60%	66%	67%	68%	68%	66%	64%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Thursday (26 March 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	40%	30%	40%	30%	30%	30%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	10%	20%	30%	50%	70%	80%	80%	70%	70%	60%
Temperature (°C)	2°	2°	2°	1°	1°	1°	1°	2°	3°	4°	5°	5°	6°	7°	7°	7°	7°	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-4°	-4°	-4°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-4°	-4°	-2°	0°	1°	2°	3°	4°	5°	5°	4°	3°	2°	1°	1°	1°	1°	2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WNW 19	WNW 19	WNW 19	WNW 19	WNW 18	WNW 16	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 13	NW 13	WNW 12	WNW 10	WNW 8	WSW 7	SW 8	SSW 9	SSW 10	S 11	S 11	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 12	SSW 13
Wind gust (mph)	32	32	31	29	28	28	25	23	23	23	21	20	17	16	16	15	15	16	17	19	19	19	20	21
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	61%	63%	63%	67%	65%	66%	64%	65%	63%	59%	57%	56%	54%	52%	51%	54%	55%	58%	60%	68%	76%	79%	83%	83%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Friday (27 March 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	50%	30%	40%	40%	50%	50%	60%	60%	60%	60%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	60%	50%	50%
Temperature (°C)	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	6°	7°	7°	8°	8°	8°	8°	7°	7°	6°	5°	4°	4°	4°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	2°	2°	2°	1°	1°	1°	0°	1°	2°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	4°	3°	3°	2°	1°	0°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 13	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 14	W 16	W 18	W 19	W 20	W 20	W 19	W 19	W 18	WSW 18	WSW 16	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 14	WSW 15	SW 15
Wind gust (mph)	23	24	22	22	22	22	23	25	26	29	32	34	35	36	35	33	32	30	25	25	26	27	26	27
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	83%	83%	81%	78%	76%	77%	77%	76%	77%	73%	69%	67%	63%	61%	66%	64%	64%	69%	72%	75%	76%	77%	79%	78%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Saturday (28 March 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	50%	50%	40%	40%	60%	40%	30%	20%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	5°	8°	8°	7°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	-2°	-2°	1°	4°	4°	3°	1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	WSW 18	WSW 19	W 19	W 19	W 17
Wind gust (mph)	27	27	28	30	30	30	27	25
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	77%	79%	78%	74%	66%	68%	69%	75%
UV	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-

Sunday (29 March 2026)

Time	00:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	40%	50%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)	6°	6°	7°	9°	11°	11°	10°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)	1°	1°	2°	5°	7°	7°	5°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WSW 17	SW 18	SW 18	SW 22	SW 24	WSW 25	WSW 25	W 24
Wind gust (mph)	25	26	31	36	38	38	37	38
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	G
Humidity	77%	81%	81%	78%	76%	74%	76%	77%
UV	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-

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Turning colder and wetter this week

Conditions turn colder and wetter this week, as more unsettled weather spreads across the UK following last week’s early taste of spring.

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Headline:

Blustery showers on Tuesday, turning increasingly to snow on hills.

This Evening and Tonight:

Rain clearing to the east this evening and overnight leaving scattered showers and a few clear spells developing. Winds remaining strong, with a risk of gales, especially around coasts. Minimum temperature 6 °C.

Tuesday:

A mix of some bright intervals interspersed with blustery showers, some heavy, and increasingly of snow on hills. Risk of gales in far north at first. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

Showers on Wednesday, snow on hills but to lower levels later. A few showers Thursday, wintry high ground, then some light rain in evening. Sunny spells and showers on Friday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Mon 23 Mar 2026

UK long range weather forecast

A broadly changeable pattern will continue, at least through the first part of this period, as further frontal systems move across the UK, bringing rain and stronger winds at times. Weather fronts are likely to be more active across northern areas, thus the wettest and windiest conditions are more likely here. As they come south, often running in to a ridge of higher pressure extending from the southwest, frontal systems will often be weaker and rainfall amounts smaller. In this setup, temperatures will probably pan out close to average overall, with some overnight frost where skies are clear and winds light.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Mon 23 Mar 2026

High pressure may be more dominant at the start of this period, the centre of which transferring from somewhere west or southwest of the UK to somewhere north of the UK. As such, plenty of dry weather seems most likely, but with changes in wind direction leading to some quite marked differences in cloud amounts and temperature from day to day. Moving further into April, there is a chance that high pressure will become less dominant and thus there is a greater chance of more places seeing some rain and possible stronger winds from time to time. Overall, temperatures panning out somewhere near to average.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Mon 23 Mar 2026

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Sat 28 Mar

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Monday 23 Mar - Friday 27 Mar

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