The Deeps (Shetland Islands) weather

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Forecast days

Thu 16 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 10° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:46

Sunset: 20:26

Light rain changing to sunny intervals by early evening.

L UV

L Pollution

L Pollen

Thu 16 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 10 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7 degrees Celsius;
Fri 17 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 8° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:43

Sunset: 20:29

Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by late morning.

L UV

L Pollution

L Pollen

Fri 17 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 8 degrees Celsius;
Sat 18 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:40

Sunset: 20:31

Overcast changing to light rain by nighttime.

M UV

L Pollution

L Pollen

Sat 18 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 7 degrees Celsius;
Sun 19 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 10° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:37

Sunset: 20:34

Light rain changing to cloudy by lunchtime.

M UV

L Pollution

L Pollen

Sun 19 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 10 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 5 degrees Celsius;
Mon 20 Apr

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

Sunrise: 05:34

Sunset: 20:36

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

M UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Mon 20 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 10 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4 degrees Celsius;
Tue 21 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Sunrise: 05:32

Sunset: 20:39

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

M UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Tue 21 Apr

Maximum daytime temperature: 11 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4 degrees Celsius;
Wed 22 Apr

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

Sunrise: 05:29

Sunset: 20:41

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening.

M UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Wed 22 Apr

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

Light rain changing to sunny intervals by early evening.

Sunrise: 05:46

Sunset: 20:26

L UV

L Pollution

L Pollen

7 day forecast for The Deeps

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%	≥95%	90%	70%	60%	70%	60%	50%	60%	60%	70%	80%	70%	70%	60%	60%	70%	40%	20%	20%	10%	10%	20%	20%
Temperature (°C)	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	8°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)	2°	2°	2°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	5°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SE 30	SE 29	SE 28	SE 27	SE 26	SSE 24	SSE 23	SSE 22	SSE 21	SSE 21	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSW 16	SSW 17	SSW 17	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 17	S 17	S 17
Wind gust (mph)	41	40	39	37	35	33	31	30	29	28	27	25	23	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	24	23	23	22
Visibility (description)	P	P	P	P	P	P	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	97%	95%	93%	95%	96%	95%	93%	93%	92%	92%	92%	92%	92%	92%	92%	92%	92%	92%	91%	90%	88%	87%	85%	86%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	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	20%	20%	40%	40%	40%	10%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	30%	20%	30%	50%	60%	80%	90%	90%	80%	50%	30%	30%	20%	10%
Temperature (°C)	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°
Feels like temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	5°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	5°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSE 15	SSE 16	SSE 17	SSE 19	SSE 21	SSE 22	SSE 23	SSE 24	SSE 25	SSE 26	SSE 26	SSE 26	SSE 27	SSE 27	SSE 28	SSE 28	SSE 27	SSE 27	SSE 26	SSE 25	SSE 24
Wind gust (mph)	22	22	21	21	23	26	29	30	31	33	34	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	38	37	37	35	34	32
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Humidity	86%	85%	85%	85%	86%	87%	86%	86%	86%	86%	86%	87%	87%	88%	90%	91%	92%	92%	92%	93%	92%	92%	92%	91%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	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%	10%	10%	10%	10%	20%	20%	30%	40%	40%	30%	30%	30%	20%	20%	30%	40%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	60%
Temperature (°C)	9°	9°	9°	9°	8°	8°	8°	8°	9°	9°	9°	9°	10°	10°	10°	10°	10°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	8°
Feels like temperature (°C)	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	5°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	5°	4°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSE 23	SSE 22	SSE 22	SSE 22	SSE 22	SSE 22	S 23	S 24	S 24	S 24	S 23	S 23	S 22	SSW 21	SSW 21	SSW 21	SSW 21	SW 21	SW 21	SW 21	WSW 21	WSW 21	WSW 22	WSW 22
Wind gust (mph)	31	31	30	31	30	31	32	33	33	32	32	30	29	29	29	29	31	29	30	29	31	34	33	33
Visibility (description)	M	M	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	M	M	M	M	M	M	G	M	M	M	M	M	G	G
Humidity	90%	90%	87%	86%	86%	86%	85%	85%	85%	85%	86%	88%	89%	90%	88%	89%	89%	90%	91%	91%	88%	88%	87%	87%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	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%	70%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	40%	30%	30%	30%	30%	20%	20%	30%	30%	30%
Temperature (°C)	8°	8°	8°	8°	8°	7°	7°	8°	8°	8°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	9°	8°	8°	7°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	4°	4°	4°	4°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	5°	5°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	6°	5°	5°	5°	4°	4°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WSW 21	WSW 21	WSW 21	W 20	W 20	W 19	W 19	W 18	W 17	W 17	W 17	W 17	W 17	W 17	W 16	W 16	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 15	WNW 14	WNW 13	NW 12	NW 11	NW 10
Wind gust (mph)	31	31	30	29	28	29	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	24	23	22	22	22	21	20	19	18	17
Visibility (description)	M	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	86%	85%	84%	84%	83%	84%	85%	86%	85%	85%	84%	84%	84%	84%	86%	85%	84%	82%	82%	82%	83%	84%	85%	86%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	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%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%	20%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	7°	7°	6°	7°	9°	10°	9°	8°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)	4°	4°	3°	3°	6°	7°	7°	5°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	NW 10	NW 10	NNW 11	NNW 11	NNE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NNE 10	NE 9
Wind gust (mph)	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	15	13
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	M
Humidity	86%	87%	87%	87%	85%	84%	84%	84%	88%
UV	-	-	-	1	2	3	1	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%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	6°	5°	6°	8°	10°	10°	8°	6°
Feels like temperature (°C)	3°	2°	3°	5°	7°	7°	6°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	E 8	ENE 9	E 10	SSE 11	S 11	SSW 11	N 11	ENE 10
Wind gust (mph)	13	15	17	18	18	18	15	15
Visibility (description)	M	M	M	G	G	G	M	M
Humidity	88%	90%	90%	85%	82%	80%	83%	86%
UV	-	-	1	2	3	1	1	-

Wednesday (22 April 2026)

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%	10%	20%
Temperature (°C)	5°	5°	6°	9°	10°	10°	9°	7°
Feels like temperature (°C)	2°	2°	3°	6°	7°	6°	5°	3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	W 10	NW 9	NW 9	WNW 12	NW 15	NW 17	NNW 17	NNW 16
Wind gust (mph)	14	14	17	22	25	26	25	25
Visibility (description)	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M
Humidity	87%	87%	87%	84%	83%	82%	82%	83%
UV	-	-	1	2	3	1	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

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Forecast days

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

Wed 22 Apr

Wed 22 Apr

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Forecast days

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

Wed 22 Apr

Wed 22 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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