Stromness (Orkney Islands) weather

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    8 day forecast for Stromness

    Today (19 May 2025)
    Time
    09:00
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    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 Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed
    NE
    8
    NE
    8
    NE
    9
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    NE
    10
    NNE
    10
    NNE
    9
    NNE
    7
    N
    5
    NNE
    4
    NNE
    3
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    16
    17
    17
    17
    16
    14
    15
    16
    16
    14
    12
    11
    7
    5
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    80%
    78%
    79%
    79%
    78%
    79%
    76%
    77%
    78%
    78%
    79%
    82%
    85%
    87%
    87%
    UV 2 4 4 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Tuesday (20 May 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 Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night
    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)
    10°
    12°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NNE
    3
    NNE
    3
    N
    4
    N
    4
    NNW
    4
    NNW
    4
    NNW
    4
    NW
    4
    NW
    6
    NW
    9
    NNW
    11
    NNW
    13
    N
    14
    N
    14
    NNE
    13
    NNE
    13
    NE
    13
    NE
    12
    NE
    11
    NE
    10
    NNE
    9
    NNE
    7
    N
    5
    N
    4
    Wind gust (mph)
    6
    6
    7
    8
    8
    8
    9
    12
    14
    14
    16
    18
    19
    19
    19
    18
    18
    18
    17
    16
    15
    14
    12
    9
    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
    86%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    88%
    86%
    86%
    85%
    83%
    81%
    80%
    80%
    78%
    77%
    76%
    73%
    73%
    74%
    76%
    79%
    84%
    85%
    UV - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wednesday (21 May 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    N
    4
    N
    4
    NNW
    5
    NNW
    8
    N
    15
    N
    17
    NNE
    16
    NNE
    16
    N
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    7
    10
    14
    18
    23
    25
    26
    24
    22
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    73%
    67%
    62%
    59%
    64%
    UV - - 1 1 4 5 3 1 -
    Thursday (22 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    N
    8
    N
    10
    N
    12
    N
    16
    N
    16
    NNW
    16
    N
    15
    N
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    24
    26
    25
    25
    23
    23
    17
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    66%
    67%
    63%
    60%
    61%
    62%
    63%
    66%
    UV - 1 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Friday (23 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    N
    9
    NNW
    9
    NNW
    9
    NW
    12
    NW
    13
    WNW
    13
    NNW
    12
    NE
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    17
    15
    16
    16
    14
    14
    11
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    66%
    67%
    68%
    68%
    70%
    74%
    76%
    78%
    UV - 1 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Saturday (24 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ESE
    10
    SE
    11
    SE
    12
    SE
    13
    SSE
    13
    SSE
    14
    SSE
    14
    SE
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    15
    16
    16
    17
    18
    15
    14
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    Humidity
    80%
    81%
    82%
    78%
    78%
    83%
    88%
    89%
    UV - 1 1 3 4 3 1 -
    Sunday (25 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    11
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    11
    S
    12
    S
    13
    S
    13
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    14
    14
    16
    18
    16
    14
    15
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    89%
    89%
    88%
    84%
    82%
    82%
    81%
    83%
    UV - 1 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Monday (26 May 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    16
    17
    18
    19
    17
    17
    15
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    85%
    85%
    86%
    81%
    80%
    80%
    82%
    83%
    UV - 1 1 3 5 3 1 -

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    Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

    Headline:

    Dry on Monday. Sunny spells developing.

    Today:

    A dry day but rather cloudy to start. Cloud will thin and break during morning with some good periods of sunshine for the rest of the day. Moderate northeasterly breeze. Maximum temperature 16 °C.

    Tonight:

    It will be a a fine sunny evening then a dry night with clear skies. Light to moderate northerly breeze. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

    Tuesday:

    Remaining dry and settled. Areas of cloud moving south over the islands on Tuesday but some sunnier periods too. Maximum temperature 14 °C.

    Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

    Sunny spells and the odd shower on Wednesday and Thursday, turning cooler with fresh northerly winds. Sunny spells and lighter winds on Friday.

    Updated:

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