Thurso (Highland) weather

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Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 8° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:39

Sunset: 18:09

Heavy rain changing to sleet showers by early evening.

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No pollen data.

Next low tide: 08:33 for
Thurso (Beach)

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 8 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0 degrees Celsius;
Fri 13 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 8° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:37

Sunset: 18:12

Light showers.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

First high tide: 04:24 for
Thurso (Beach)

Fri 13 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 8 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1 degrees Celsius;
Sat 14 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 8° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:34

Sunset: 18:14

Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by lunchtime.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

First high tide: 05:42 for
Thurso (Beach)

Sat 14 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 8 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1 degrees Celsius;
Sun 15 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 8° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:31

Sunset: 18:16

Light rain changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

First high tide: 06:33 for
Thurso (Beach)

Sun 15 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 8 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2 degrees Celsius;
Mon 16 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 9° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:28

Sunset: 18:19

Light showers changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

First high tide: 07:11 for
Thurso (Beach)

Mon 16 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 9 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5 degrees Celsius;
Tue 17 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 10° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:25

Sunset: 18:21

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

First high tide: 07:45 for
Thurso (Beach)

Tue 17 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 10 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5 degrees Celsius;
Wed 18 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 11° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:22

Sunset: 18:23

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

First high tide: 08:16 for
Thurso (Beach)

Wed 18 Mar

Maximum daytime temperature: 11 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5 degrees Celsius;

Heavy rain changing to sleet showers by early evening.

Sunrise: 06:39

Sunset: 18:09

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Next low tide: 08:33 for

Thurso (Beach)

7 day forecast for Thurso

Today (12 March 2026)

Time	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	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	60%	60%	80%	80%	70%	80%	90%	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	50%	60%	30%
Temperature (°C)	7°	6°	7°	7°	7°	7°	5°	5°	6°	7°	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	4°	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°
Feels like temperature (°C)	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	-1°	0°	2°	2°	2°	1°	1°	1°	0°	-1°	-2°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-4°	-4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 22	SSW 22	SSW 24	SSW 26	SSW 27	SSW 26	SW 22	SW 19	SSW 19	SW 20	SW 21	SW 22	SW 23	SW 22	SW 21	SW 20	SW 19	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 17
Wind gust (mph)	39	42	46	49	50	49	39	35	38	43	43	43	45	46	41	40	39	37	37	37	37	37
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	84%	84%	84%	84%	84%	85%	90%	85%	80%	73%	73%	68%	66%	70%	74%	75%	77%	80%	79%	81%	80%	84%
UV	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Friday (13 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	20%	20%	30%	50%	80%	80%	80%	70%	60%	70%	70%	70%	60%	80%	80%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	80%	80%
Temperature (°C)	2°	1°	1°	2°	2°	2°	2°	3°	3°	4°	5°	6°	6°	7°	6°	6°	5°	5°	4°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-4°	-5°	-5°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-1°	0°	1°	2°	2°	1°	0°	0°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSW 18	S 18	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 20	SSW 19	SW 17	WSW 16	WSW 16	WSW 17	WSW 18	WSW 19	WSW 20	WSW 21	WSW 22	WSW 22	WSW 21	WSW 20	WSW 19	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 18	WSW 17	WSW 17
Wind gust (mph)	38	37	38	39	39	37	33	34	35	37	38	40	41	42	42	44	43	40	38	37	36	36	35	34
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	G	G	VG	G	VG
Humidity	77%	79%	78%	77%	81%	84%	85%	85%	85%	82%	80%	74%	69%	65%	67%	71%	75%	80%	83%	86%	85%	85%	86%	86%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Saturday (14 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	80%	80%	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	40%	40%	40%	40%	30%	30%	40%	40%	50%	50%	50%	40%	20%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	3°	4°	5°	6°	6°	7°	7°	7°	6°	5°	4°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-1°	0°	2°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	2°	1°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WSW 16	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	WSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 9	SW 8	SSW 8	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 10	SSW 11
Wind gust (mph)	33	33	33	31	30	30	29	28	28	29	29	27	26	26	25	23	23	20	19	19	20	21	22	22
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	E	E	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	86%	86%	87%	86%	86%	86%	86%	85%	85%	84%	77%	74%	68%	65%	65%	66%	68%	76%	84%	87%	87%	87%	86%	86%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Sunday (15 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	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	70%	80%	80%	80%	80%	80%	70%	70%	70%	80%	60%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	40%
Temperature (°C)	2°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	4°	4°	5°	6°	6°	7°	7°	7°	7°	6°	6°	5°	4°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°	-1°	0°	1°	2°	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°	1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSW 11	S 12	S 13	S 15	S 17	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 17	SW 18	SW 19	SW 18	SW 18	SW 17	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15
Wind gust (mph)	23	25	29	32	37	36	35	36	34	33	35	36	37	37	36	37	36	33	31	30	31	31	30	31
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	85%	85%	84%	84%	83%	83%	84%	84%	84%	81%	79%	77%	71%	71%	71%	71%	72%	72%	79%	81%	82%	83%	83%	83%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Monday (16 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%	40%	40%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	40%	40%	40%	40%	50%	50%	60%	50%	50%	60%
Temperature (°C)	3°	2°	2°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	5°	6°	7°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	7°	7°	6°	6°	6°	6°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-1°	0°	1°	2°	3°	4°	4°	4°	4°	3°	2°	1°	1°	1°	1°	2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 18	SW 20	SW 21	SW 22	SW 22	SW 23	WSW 22	WSW 21	SW 20	SW 20	SW 20	SSW 20	SSW 20	S 22	S 21	S 22	S 22
Wind gust (mph)	31	31	31	32	32	34	34	34	35	37	40	40	40	38	36	38	34	31	34	32	33	36	36	35
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%	84%	84%	83%	83%	83%	83%	83%	79%	76%	73%	69%	66%	64%	64%	64%	65%	67%	71%	75%	78%	80%	81%	81%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-

Tuesday (17 March 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	40%	40%	30%	40%	40%	30%	10%	20%
Temperature (°C)	7°	7°	7°	8°	9°	9°	8°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	2°	3°	2°	3°	5°	5°	4°	2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 22	S 21	SSW 21	SSW 22	SSW 22	SSW 22	SW 20	SW 21
Wind gust (mph)	36	36	36	38	38	36	33	34
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	80%	78%	77%	72%	64%	60%	63%	68%
UV	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-

Wednesday (18 March 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	10%	20%	30%	20%	20%	20%
Temperature (°C)	7°	6°	6°	8°	10°	10°	8°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)	2°	2°	2°	4°	6°	6°	4°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 20	SW 19	SW 17	SW 18	SW 19	WSW 17	WSW 13	WSW 12
Wind gust (mph)	33	30	30	32	31	29	20	18
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	72%	73%	75%	69%	60%	62%	73%	82%
UV	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-

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Highlands & Eilean Siar weather forecast

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Heavy rain clears to bright spells and showers Thursday. Windy.

This Evening and Tonight:

A cloudy evening and night with rain spreading from the west, turning heavy across the northwest. Drier around Nairn. Windy with strong to gale southwesterly winds. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Thursday:

Heavy rain clearing away through the morning followed by bright spells and showers. Snow on hills. Strong southwesterly winds, gales along the west coast later. Maximum temperature 8 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Cold with bright spells and wintry showers on Friday and Saturday, Further rain followed by showers on Sunday.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Wed 11 Mar 2026

UK long range weather forecast

Mostly changeable through this period, with Atlantic frontal systems passing close to or across the UK at times. These will bring spells of rain and showers, most frequent and heavy in the west or northwest, and perhaps accompanied by strong winds. However, there should also be some drier interludes under transient ridges of high pressure, with longer dry periods most likely in the south and east, though even here some wet weather is possible at times. Temperatures will be near average for the period as a whole, but with some shorter-duration colder interludes at times when frost and hill snow will be possible.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC) on Wed 11 Mar 2026

Blocked, or slowly evolving, weather patterns are favoured for late March into early April, with high pressure probably building to the north or northeast of the UK. Whilst confidence is low in how this will influence the weather across the UK, this tends to lead to a more prolonged period of a certain weather type, be it settled or unsettled. In any case, a reduction in Atlantic-dominated weather patterns is likely, although some wet weather remains possible at times, perhaps more especially in the south and east whilst northwestern areas tend to be drier than average. Temperatures will probably be close to average for the period as a whole, but there is an increased chance of some colder conditions developing for a time with a risk of frost.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC) on Wed 11 Mar 2026

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