Kirkwall Airport (Orkney Islands) weather

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Partly cloudy.
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    7 day forecast for Kirkwall Airport

    Today (23 March 2025)
    Time
    23:00
    Weather symbols
    Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    SW
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    Visibility
    E
    Humidity
    85%
    UV
    -
    Monday (24 March 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
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Light rain
    Heavy rain
    Heavy rain
    Heavy rain
    Heavy rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    30%
    60%
    80%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    80%
    70%
    60%
    60%
    80%
    60%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    50%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    8
    SW
    9
    SW
    11
    SW
    12
    SW
    13
    SW
    14
    SW
    14
    SW
    15
    SW
    16
    SW
    17
    SW
    18
    SW
    19
    SW
    20
    SW
    21
    SW
    24
    WSW
    26
    WSW
    27
    WSW
    27
    WSW
    26
    WSW
    25
    W
    24
    W
    23
    W
    22
    W
    21
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    25
    25
    26
    27
    29
    30
    32
    33
    36
    38
    42
    41
    40
    39
    36
    36
    35
    34
    34
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    G
    M
    M
    M
    G
    VG
    E
    VG
    G
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    VP
    Humidity
    85%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    83%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    86%
    90%
    92%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    95%
    97%
    99%
    100%
    100%
    100%
    100%
    UV
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    Tuesday (25 March 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Drizzle
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Sunny intervals
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    20
    W
    21
    WNW
    21
    WNW
    21
    WNW
    21
    WNW
    20
    W
    15
    WSW
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    38
    39
    38
    36
    34
    30
    24
    22
    Visibility (description)
    VP
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    100%
    92%
    89%
    82%
    74%
    75%
    85%
    87%
    UV
    -
    -
    1
    1
    2
    1
    1
    -
    Wednesday (26 March 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Overcast
    Cloudy
    Overcast
    Cloudy
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    12
    SW
    13
    SW
    13
    SW
    15
    SW
    16
    SSW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    23
    23
    25
    23
    23
    28
    36
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    86%
    87%
    90%
    87%
    82%
    85%
    86%
    86%
    UV
    -
    -
    1
    1
    2
    1
    1
    -
    Thursday (27 March 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Partly cloudy night
    Partly cloudy night
    Cloudy
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light rain
    Light shower night
    Light shower night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    50%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    70%
    60%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    21
    WSW
    21
    WSW
    19
    SW
    20
    SW
    21
    SW
    20
    SSW
    18
    SW
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    34
    33
    32
    34
    34
    30
    34
    32
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    85%
    85%
    84%
    83%
    78%
    83%
    85%
    86%
    UV
    -
    -
    1
    1
    1
    1
    1
    -
    Friday (28 March 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Light shower night
    Light shower night
    Light shower day
    Light shower day
    Cloudy
    Sunny intervals
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    17
    W
    16
    W
    19
    W
    21
    WNW
    20
    W
    16
    W
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    29
    28
    29
    31
    32
    28
    19
    20
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    86%
    87%
    82%
    75%
    75%
    78%
    84%
    UV
    -
    -
    1
    1
    2
    1
    1
    -
    Saturday (29 March 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols
    Light rain
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Cloudy
    Sunny intervals
    Sunny intervals
    Cloudy
    Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    -1°
    -1°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WNW
    13
    WNW
    13
    WNW
    14
    W
    17
    W
    19
    WNW
    18
    W
    15
    WNW
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    21
    21
    24
    21
    23
    20
    18
    Visibility (description)
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    85%
    86%
    85%
    76%
    73%
    75%
    81%
    82%
    UV
    -
    -
    1
    1
    2
    1
    1
    -

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    Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

    Headline:

    Windy with rain on Monday.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Cloudy with some patchy light rain for Shetland at first, soon clearing. Otherwise dry with clear spells developing through the evening and overnight. Rain will spread from the west towards dawn across Shetland. Minimum temperature 4 °C.

    Monday:

    A dry start across Orkney, otherwise it will be an overcast day with persistent rain. Rain turning lighter later in the afternoon and evening. Fresh to strong southwesterly winds. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    Rain clearing early Tuesday, then dry and bright. Bright spells Wednesday morning, rain spreading east later. Showers on Thursday with fresh southwest winds.

    Updated:

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