Kirkwall Youth Hostel (Orkney Islands) weather

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Forecast days

Wed 15 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 12° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:59

Sunset: 20:26

Heavy rain.

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Wed 15 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 12 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7 degrees Celsius;
Thu 16 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 12° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:56

Sunset: 20:29

Light showers changing to sunny intervals by early evening.

M UV

L Pollution

L Pollen

Thu 16 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 12 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7 degrees Celsius;
Fri 17 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 12° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 8° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:53

Sunset: 20:31

Cloudy changing to light rain by late morning.

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Fri 17 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 12 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 8 degrees Celsius;
Sat 18 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:50

Sunset: 20:33

Overcast changing to light rain by early evening.

M UV

L Pollution

L Pollen

Sat 18 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 6 degrees Celsius;
Sun 19 Apr

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

Sunrise: 05:48

Sunset: 20:36

Light showers changing to cloudy by late morning.

M UV

L Pollution

L Pollen

Sun 19 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5 degrees Celsius;
Mon 20 Apr

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

Sunrise: 05:45

Sunset: 20:38

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

M UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Mon 20 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5 degrees Celsius;
Tue 21 Apr

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

Sunrise: 05:42

Sunset: 20:41

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime.

M UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Tue 21 Apr

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

Heavy rain.

Sunrise: 05:59

Sunset: 20:26

L UV

L Pollution

L Pollen

7 day forecast for Kirkwall Youth Hostel

Today (15 April 2026)

Time	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	≥95%
Temperature (°C)	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSE 17
Wind gust (mph)	30
Visibility (description)	M
Humidity	93%
UV	-

Thursday (16 April 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%	70%	80%	70%	50%	40%	40%	60%	50%	60%	50%	70%	≥95%	90%	80%	60%	60%	50%	50%	40%	20%	10%	30%	40%
Temperature (°C)	9°	9°	9°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	11°	11°	11°	11°	11°	10°	9°	9°	9°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	6°	7°	8°	7°	8°	8°	8°	9°	9°	9°	8°	7°	6°	6°	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 13	S 13	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 11	SSW 9	SSW 8	S 8	S 9	S 10
Wind gust (mph)	30	27	26	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	22	24	24	25	24	24	22	21	19	18	18	18	19
Visibility (description)	M	P	M	M	M	M	M	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	96%	96%	96%	94%	93%	93%	93%	92%	92%	88%	86%	84%	83%	84%	81%	75%	73%	74%	75%	79%	82%	85%	85%	85%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-

Friday (17 April 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%	50%	40%	30%	30%	30%	40%	40%	50%	70%	80%	90%	90%	80%	70%	50%	30%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	11°	11°	11°	11°	10°	10°	10°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	6°	6°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 15	SSE 17	SSE 18	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 21	SSE 21	SSE 22	SSE 22	SSE 22	SSE 22	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 16	SSE 16	S 15	S 16
Wind gust (mph)	20	20	22	23	25	27	28	31	33	35	35	36	36	37	38	37	36	35	32	31	29	30	29	30
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	M	M	M	M	M	M	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	86%	87%	87%	87%	88%	91%	92%	91%	92%	91%	91%	90%	92%	92%	92%	91%	90%	87%	87%	87%	88%	87%	86%	85%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-

Saturday (18 April 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	10%	10%	20%	20%	40%	50%	40%	40%	40%	40%	50%	40%	40%	40%	50%	50%	40%	50%	50%	60%	60%	70%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	9°	9°	8°	8°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	6°	7°	7°	7°	7°	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	4°	4°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 16	S 17	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 17	SSW 17	SSW 17	SW 17	SW 19	WSW 20	WSW 20	WSW 21	WSW 22	WSW 22	WSW 21	WSW 20	WSW 20	WSW 19	WSW 18	WSW 17	W 16
Wind gust (mph)	31	30	31	32	34	32	32	30	29	30	31	34	36	36	38	39	39	37	36	37	35	34	33	34
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	85%	83%	82%	82%	83%	83%	85%	85%	85%	84%	83%	81%	79%	76%	76%	77%	78%	79%	79%	81%	82%	83%	83%	84%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-

Sunday (19 April 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	60%	60%	50%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	50%	40%	50%	50%	40%	40%	30%	40%	40%	40%	30%	40%	30%	30%	30%	30%
Temperature (°C)	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	8°	9°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	9°	8°	7°	7°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	4°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	5°	6°	6°	6°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	7°	6°	6°	5°	5°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	W 16	W 16	W 16	W 15	W 14	W 14	W 14	W 14	W 14	W 15	W 15	W 15	W 15	W 15	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 13	WNW 12	WNW 11	WNW 10	WNW 9	W 8	W 8	W 8
Wind gust (mph)	32	32	31	30	31	30	30	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	25	25	22	22	20	19	17	17	15	15
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	G	VG	G
Humidity	84%	84%	83%	84%	83%	85%	84%	84%	82%	78%	74%	73%	73%	71%	69%	68%	68%	70%	76%	78%	85%	88%	89%	91%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-

Monday (20 April 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	30%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	7°	7°	6°	7°	9°	10°	9°	8°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	4°	4°	4°	4°	6°	7°	7°	6°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	W 8	W 7	W 8	WNW 8	N 10	ENE 12	ENE 11	E 10	E 10
Wind gust (mph)	15	16	18	19	21	21	19	17	16
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	91%	91%	92%	92%	80%	75%	77%	82%	91%
UV	-	-	-	1	2	3	2	1	-

Tuesday (21 April 2026)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	6°	6°	6°	8°	10°	10°	9°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	5°	7°	7°	6°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ENE 9	ENE 10	E 10	E 11	ESE 12	ESE 12	SE 11	SE 10
Wind gust (mph)	16	17	20	21	21	20	18	17
Visibility (description)	G	M	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	92%	91%	91%	80%	75%	72%	78%	90%
UV	-	-	1	2	3	2	1	-

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Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

Headline:

Breezy with patchy rain or showers on Thursday.

This Evening and Tonight:

Staying mostly cloudy with showery outbreaks of rain through the evening and overnight. Some drier, clearer spells developing for a time for Orkney overnight. Strong southeast winds. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

Thursday:

Cloudy to start with some patchy rain. Otherwise bright spells and scattered showers, these heavy and perhaps thundery at times. Breezy. Maximum temperature 11 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

A dry start Friday with rain pushing east later. Bright spells and showers on Saturday. Mostly dry, bright Sunday, chance of the odd shower.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 15 Apr 2026

UK long range weather forecast

High pressure to the north or northeast of the UK will bring plenty of dry weather and sunny spells for most at first. Low pressure in the Atlantic will try to push weather fronts towards the UK from the south west, but these may remain slow moving. Some parts of the east coast could be on the chilly side with low cloud and onshore breeze, but further west it will likely feel quite warm, especially in sunnier areas. From next weekend and into the start of the following week, there are signs that more unsettled weather could return for a time, bringing rain or showers to some areas.

Updated: 13:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 15 Apr 2026

Signals are not very strong for the extended forecast range, but in broad terms higher pressure is more likely to the north, with lower pressure to the south. Across Scotland and northern half of England this would mean drier and more settled weather. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland, Wales and the southern half of England perhaps seeing a greater chance of rain or showers at times, but plenty of scope for fair weather in between. Temperatures will probably be close to or slightly above average overall, perhaps becoming more widely warm at times.

Updated: 14:00 (UTC+1) on Wed 15 Apr 2026

Kirkwall Youth Hostel (Orkney Islands) weather

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Forecast days

Wed 15 Apr

Wed 15 Apr

Thu 16 Apr

Thu 16 Apr

Fri 17 Apr

Fri 17 Apr

Sat 18 Apr

Sat 18 Apr

Sun 19 Apr

Sun 19 Apr

Mon 20 Apr

Mon 20 Apr

Tue 21 Apr

Tue 21 Apr

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Forecast days

Wed 15 Apr

Wed 15 Apr

Thu 16 Apr

Thu 16 Apr

Fri 17 Apr

Fri 17 Apr

Sat 18 Apr

Sat 18 Apr

Sun 19 Apr

Sun 19 Apr

Mon 20 Apr

Mon 20 Apr

Tue 21 Apr

Tue 21 Apr

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Wednesday 15 Apr - Sunday 19 Apr

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Thursday:

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Monday 20 Apr - Wednesday 29 Apr

Thursday 30 Apr - Thursday 14 May

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