Thurso (Beach) (Highland) weather

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Head to a lifeguarded beach; check the RNLI lifeguarded beach tool
Follow RNLI Float to Live advice if you find yourself struggling in the water
Know what to do if you get caught in a rip current (RNLI)
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Forecast days

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:35

Sunset: 20:01
Sunny.
Beach safety today
Large, powerful waves and strong wind

• only experts should take part in water activities
Tide: Next low tide (1.3m) at 06:50
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Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5° Celsius;
Fri 4 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 10° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:33

Sunset: 20:03

Overcast changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

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Fri 4 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 10° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;
Sat 5 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 10° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:30

Sunset: 20:05

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

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Sat 5 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 10° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;
Sun 6 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:27

Sunset: 20:07

Sunny intervals.

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Sun 6 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1° Celsius;
Mon 7 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:24

Sunset: 20:10

Sunny.

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Mon 7 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;
Tue 8 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:21

Sunset: 20:12

Sunny.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Tue 8 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5° Celsius;
Wed 9 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 16° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:18

Sunset: 20:14

Sunny.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Wed 9 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 16° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;
Thu 10 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius;

Sunrise: 06:16

Sunset: 20:17

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

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No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Thu 10 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 15° Celsius;

Sunny.

Sunrise: 06:35

Sunset: 20:01

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8 day forecast for Thurso (Beach)

Today (3 April 2025)

Time	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	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	2°	2°	5°	8°	10°	11°	12°	13°	14°	14°	14°	13°	11°	10°	8°	7°	6°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)	0°	1°	5°	8°	9°	10°	11°	11°	12°	12°	11°	10°	9°	7°	5°	4°	3°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	W 4	W 3	W 3	NE 3	ENE 4	ENE 6	ENE 8	E 9	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 13	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wind gust (mph)	7	6	5	9	10	12	14	15	17	18	20	20	20	19	20	20	21	22
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	E	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	87%	88%	85%	78%	73%	67%	61%	57%	53%	47%	51%	56%	62%	74%	86%	91%	92%	92%
UV	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	4	3	3	3	5	7	8	9	10	12	13	13	13	11	10	10	10	10
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Period of waves offshore (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Direction of waves offshore

Friday (4 April 2025)

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	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	7°	6°	6°	7°	7°	8°	9°	9°	9°	10°	9°	9°	9°	8°	7°	6°	5°	4°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	5°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	4°	4°	2°	2°	1°	1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 12	ESE 13	ESE 14	ESE 15	ESE 15	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 16	ESE 15	ESE 13	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 7
Wind gust (mph)	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	25	25	22	21	20	19	19
Visibility (description)	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Humidity	92%	93%	93%	92%	91%	89%	88%	86%	83%	77%	74%	71%	66%	65%	65%	64%	64%	65%	67%	73%	77%	83%	85%	86%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	13	11	9	8	8
Height of waves offshore (m)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1
Period of waves offshore (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Direction of waves offshore

Saturday (5 April 2025)

Time	00:00	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	4°	3°	3°	3°	7°	9°	9°	7°	5°
Feels like temperature (°C)	1°	1°	0°	0°	4°	6°	6°	4°	2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 12	ESE 14	ESE 14	ESE 12	ESE 8
Wind gust (mph)	18	18	14	21	23	24	23	20	18
Visibility (description)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Humidity	86%	86%	90%	87%	65%	63%	64%	74%	80%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	7	7	6	6	12	14	14	12	8
Height of waves offshore (m)	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.7
Period of waves offshore (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Direction of waves offshore

Sunday (6 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	8°	10°	10°	9°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	2°	2°	2°	5°	7°	8°	6°	2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ESE 7	ESE 6	SE 7	SE 11	SE 12	SE 11	ESE 9	SE 6
Wind gust (mph)	18	16	19	20	19	18	15	11
Visibility (description)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	VG
Humidity	81%	82%	82%	67%	64%	62%	74%	92%
UV	-	-	1	1	3	1	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	8	7	7	11	11	11	9	6
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5
Period of waves offshore (s)	10	10	9	13	13	12	12	12
Direction of waves offshore

Monday (7 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	3°	2°	2°	10°	13°	14°	11°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)	1°	0°	0°	9°	12°	13°	10°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 5	S 5	S 4	S 3	NNE 6	NNE 6	ENE 6	S 5
Wind gust (mph)	9	8	7	9	10	10	7	5
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G
Humidity	94%	95%	93%	70%	57%	55%	74%	92%
UV	-	-	1	2	3	1	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	5	5	4	3	6	6	6	5
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Period of waves offshore (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Direction of waves offshore

Tuesday (8 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	5°	4°	5°	10°	14°	14°	12°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)	3°	2°	3°	9°	12°	13°	10°	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	S 6	SSE 9	SSW 9	SW 8	SSW 6
Wind gust (mph)	5	6	7	11	12	12	9	8
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	G
Humidity	93%	93%	95%	75%	66%	66%	79%	92%
UV	-	-	1	2	3	1	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	5	5	5	6	9	9	8	6
Height of waves offshore (m)	–	–	–	–	0.3	–	–	–
Period of waves offshore (s)	–	–	–	–	9	–	–	–
Direction of waves offshore		–	–	–		–	–	–

Wednesday (9 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%
Temperature (°C)	7°	7°	7°	11°	14°	15°	12°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	10°	12°	13°	11°	7°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSW 6	SW 6	SSW 6	SW 7	WNW 10	SW 10	WSW 9	SW 7
Wind gust (mph)	7	7	9	13	14	13	9	7
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	G
Humidity	94%	94%	91%	76%	65%	66%	78%	90%
UV	-	-	1	1	3	1	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Height of waves offshore (m)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Period of waves offshore (s)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Direction of waves offshore	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Thursday (10 April 2025)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	20%	10%
Temperature (°C)	8°	8°	8°	11°	14°	14°	12°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)	6°	6°	6°	9°	11°	11°	9°	7°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 7	WSW 7	SW 9	WSW 11	WSW 14	W 14	WSW 12	WSW 10
Wind gust (mph)	8	9	15	20	21	21	17	15
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	91%	91%	87%	78%	71%	72%	81%	84%
UV	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Height of waves offshore (m)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Period of waves offshore (s)	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Direction of waves offshore	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Tide times

Thursday 3 April


	Time (UTC+1)

Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

Tide times

Thursday 3 April


	Time (UTC+1)

Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

Tide times

Thursday 3 April


	Time (UTC+1)

Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

Tide times

Thursday 3 April


	Time (UTC+1)

Tide times and heights are from Scrabster tidal station which is 1.7 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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Dry, sunny and warm today.

Today:

It will be a dry day with clear skies and plenty of sunshine on offer. A rather warm day and feeling locally very warm, especially across Wester Ross. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

Tonight:

It will be a dry evening with clear skies. Remaining dry overnight with mostly clear skies but turning cloudier from the north over Caithness. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Friday:

A dry and mostly sunny day. Cloudy over Caithness in the morning but cloud breaking up here in the afternoon with long sunny spells developing. Another warm day. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

High pressure remaining in charge to give dry and settled weather. Patchy cloud at times but mostly clear and sunny. Breezy on Saturday with winds then easing.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Thu 3 Apr 2025

UK long range weather forecast

High pressure should prevail for most of the outlook period, maintaining largely settled conditions for much of the time. This should result in lengthy spells of dry and bright weather. It will be breezy at times, especially in the southwest at first. Daytime temperatures will depend on the wind direction and cloud amounts, but most places will be warm for most of the period, and very warm days most likely will be further inland. Overnight frosts are possible on clear nights where winds fall light. There is also the chance of some areas of low cloud or fog, notably around the east coast. Towards the middle of April, the weather may turn more unsettled as rain or showers try to push in from the west.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 2 Apr 2025

An unsettled period is expected around mid April, with interludes of rain or showers at times. Despite being unsettled, there will be fair conditions between weather systems. A return to high pressure is signalled later in the month, bringing mainly dry and fine weather. Temperatures are likely to be around average at first, before climbing to above average later in the more settled weather. This means some warm or very warm days, especially further inland where winds stay light on fair days. This could also mean there might still be some chilly nights any clear skies.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 2 Apr 2025

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