Kirkwall Airport (Orkney Islands) weather

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Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:57

Sunset: 16:56

Cloudy.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 0° Celsius;
Thu 12 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:54

Sunset: 16:58

Yellow weather warning.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Thu 12 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -3° Celsius;
Fri 13 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:52

Sunset: 17:01

Yellow weather warning.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Fri 13 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: -3° Celsius;
Sat 14 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:49

Sunset: 17:03

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Sat 14 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 1° Celsius;
Sun 15 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:46

Sunset: 17:06

Light rain changing to cloudy by nighttime.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Sun 15 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;
Mon 16 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:44

Sunset: 17:08

Cloudy.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Mon 16 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;
Tue 17 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 07:41

Sunset: 17:11

Cloudy.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Tue 17 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Cloudy.

Sunrise: 07:57

Sunset: 16:56

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

7 day forecast for Kirkwall Airport

Today (11 February 2026)

Time	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	<5%	<5%	10%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-1°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-2°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12
Wind gust (mph)	28	28	28	28	26	26
Visibility (description)	E	E	E	E	E	E
Humidity	67%	67%	67%	66%	66%	67%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thursday (12 February 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	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	20%	30%	30%	40%	40%	40%	50%	50%	50%	60%	50%	40%	20%	30%	20%	30%	30%	40%	40%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	1°	1°	2°	2°	3°	3°	3°	2°	2°	1°	1°	0°	0°	0°	-1°	-1°	-1°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-3°	-3°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-5°	-5°	-5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	E 11	E 10	E 9	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 7	NNE 8	N 8	N 9	NNE 11	N 12	N 12	N 11	N 10	N 9	N 8	NNW 7	NNW 7	NW 7	NW 8	NNW 7
Wind gust (mph)	24	23	21	20	20	19	21	19	21	22	22	23	24	26	26	25	24	24	24	23	24	23	24	23
Visibility (description)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	68%	69%	73%	74%	76%	76%	76%	78%	83%	83%	78%	76%	79%	77%	75%	78%	83%	81%	80%	78%	79%	83%	86%	89%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Friday (13 February 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%	60%	60%	50%	40%	40%	50%	50%	60%	60%	60%	70%	60%	50%	50%	60%	50%	50%	50%	40%	40%	40%
Temperature (°C)	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°	0°	0°	1°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	1°	0°	0°	0°	0°	-1°	-1°	-1°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-4°	-3°	-2°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-3°	-3°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-5°	-4°	-4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NW 7	NW 8	NW 8	NW 9	NW 8	NW 8	NW 9	NW 9	NW 10	NNW 10	NW 10	NW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 10	NNW 9	NW 8	NW 8	NNW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	WNW 8
Wind gust (mph)	22	24	24	25	25	26	27	29	28	30	27	30	29	28	29	29	27	26	25	23	22	21	19	19
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	88%	88%	86%	88%	89%	86%	86%	85%	88%	86%	84%	81%	83%	80%	81%	84%	88%	87%	86%	87%	89%	88%	87%	88%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Saturday (14 February 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	30%	30%	30%	30%	20%	30%	30%	30%	40%	40%	30%	40%	40%	40%	40%	30%	30%	30%	20%	20%	10%	20%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	1°	2°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°	2°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-4°	-5°	-5°	-5°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-3°	-2°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WNW 8	WSW 7	W 7	WSW 8	WSW 8	SW 8	SW 9	SW 9	SW 9	SW 11	SW 11	SW 12	WSW 13	WSW 13	SW 12	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10
Wind gust (mph)	16	16	19	18	18	20	22	25	25	27	28	30	31	30	26	25	23	25	23	21	22	23	22	25
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	E	E
Humidity	88%	90%	89%	86%	87%	86%	85%	85%	87%	88%	84%	78%	77%	78%	77%	81%	82%	84%	84%	82%	84%	83%	83%	80%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sunday (15 February 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%	10%	20%	40%	50%	60%	60%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%
Temperature (°C)	2°	2°	2°	3°	3°	3°	2°	2°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-4°	-4°	-4°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 11	S 13	S 15	S 17	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 22	SSE 23	SSE 24	SSE 24	SSE 23	SSE 21	SSE 20	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 12	S 12
Wind gust (mph)	27	31	34	38	36	38	43	45	46	45	43	40	36	32	31	31	28	28	27	27	25	24	25	25
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	80%	78%	75%	75%	74%	77%	84%	83%	84%	84%	84%	85%	85%	86%	85%	86%	87%	89%	89%	90%	89%	91%	90%	91%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monday (16 February 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	50%	50%	40%	40%	40%	40%	50%	40%
Temperature (°C)	4°	4°	4°	4°	5°	5°	4°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	0°	0°	0°	0°	1°	1°	-1°	-1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 12	S 12	S 12	SSW 13	SSW 15	WSW 15	WSW 16	WNW 18
Wind gust (mph)	24	23	21	23	23	27	27	29
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	VG
Humidity	91%	92%	92%	90%	85%	84%	90%	87%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

Tuesday (17 February 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%	40%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%
Temperature (°C)	4°	4°	4°	4°	5°	5°	4°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-1°	-1°	-1°	0°	1°	1°	0°	0°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NW 18	NW 17	NW 17	NW 15	NW 14	NNW 15	NNE 14	NE 13
Wind gust (mph)	26	26	25	22	23	22	21	21
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	86%	86%	86%	83%	73%	70%	80%	82%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

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Is the rain’s reign coming to an end?

Following seemingly incessant rainfall for many locations in the UK, there is a brief respite as colder conditions will temporarily take charge.

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Flood warnings in force for Scotland

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Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

Headline:

Cold with bright spells and wintry showers, some heavy, Thursday.

This Evening and Tonight:

A dry start to the evening with clear spells. It will become cloudy, with scattered wintry showers soon feeding in from the north. Fresh northeasterly winds. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Thursday:

Wintry showers continue to spread over the Northern Isles from the north, turning heavy at times. Mostly cloudy but some bright spells between showers. Fresh northerly winds. Becoming colder. Maximum temperature 3 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Wintry showers continue Friday before turning largely dry with sunny spells Saturday. A band of rain and hill snow spreads eastwards Sunday. Northerly winds turn southerly before becoming strong Sunday.

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

UK long range weather forecast

Showers or longer spells of rain are expected as Atlantic low pressure systems dominate in the vicinity of the UK. Some heavy rain is likely in places, probably focussed on western hills, with some snow at times in the north, mainly on high ground. Strong winds are possible at times, especially around coasts. Temperatures will probably be near normal. Later in the period, there is a chance that drier, more settled conditions may begin to develop.

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

Kirkwall Airport (Orkney Islands) weather

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Today

Today

Thu 12 Feb

Thu 12 Feb

Fri 13 Feb

Fri 13 Feb

Sat 14 Feb

Sat 14 Feb

Sun 15 Feb

Sun 15 Feb

Mon 16 Feb

Mon 16 Feb

Tue 17 Feb

Tue 17 Feb

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Wednesday 11 Feb - Sunday 15 Feb

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Monday 16 Feb - Wednesday 25 Feb

Thursday 26 Feb - Thursday 12 Mar

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