Tingwall (Lerwick) Airport (Shetland Islands) weather

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Light rain changing to cloudy by lunchtime.
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    7 day forecast for Tingwall (Lerwick) Airport

    Today (30 August 2025)
    Time
    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 Overcast Light rain Light rain Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    60%
    70%
    40%
    20%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed
    ESE
    10
    ESE
    10
    ESE
    11
    ESE
    12
    ESE
    12
    SE
    13
    SE
    13
    SE
    14
    SE
    14
    SE
    14
    SE
    15
    SE
    15
    SE
    16
    SE
    16
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    16
    17
    18
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    25
    27
    28
    28
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    91%
    94%
    94%
    94%
    92%
    92%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    90%
    91%
    90%
    91%
    UV 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Sunday (31 August 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 Cloudy Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    60%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    70%
    30%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    17
    SE
    18
    SE
    19
    SE
    21
    ESE
    23
    SE
    24
    SE
    22
    SSE
    18
    SSE
    15
    S
    13
    S
    14
    S
    15
    S
    16
    S
    17
    SSE
    18
    SSE
    19
    SSE
    19
    SSE
    19
    SSE
    19
    SSE
    19
    SSE
    18
    SE
    18
    SE
    18
    SE
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    30
    32
    35
    38
    41
    41
    33
    26
    25
    23
    23
    23
    24
    25
    28
    28
    30
    30
    32
    31
    31
    33
    34
    33
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    M
    P
    M
    M
    G
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    91%
    91%
    92%
    94%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    98%
    96%
    92%
    84%
    75%
    69%
    66%
    68%
    73%
    75%
    77%
    84%
    85%
    87%
    89%
    88%
    89%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Monday (1 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    19
    SE
    18
    SE
    20
    SE
    22
    SE
    23
    SE
    24
    SE
    24
    SSE
    23
    SSE
    21
    Wind gust (mph)
    33
    35
    36
    38
    39
    39
    39
    38
    35
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    Humidity
    89%
    89%
    92%
    90%
    84%
    83%
    84%
    86%
    90%
    UV - - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Tuesday (2 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    13°
    13°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    17
    S
    15
    S
    14
    S
    16
    SSW
    16
    S
    15
    S
    13
    SSE
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    30
    26
    25
    23
    22
    23
    21
    20
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    91%
    91%
    88%
    81%
    75%
    76%
    85%
    91%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wednesday (3 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    12
    SE
    14
    SE
    13
    SE
    12
    SE
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    19
    18
    18
    18
    17
    14
    14
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    92%
    94%
    94%
    87%
    86%
    86%
    92%
    95%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Thursday (4 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    10
    SE
    10
    SE
    9
    SSE
    12
    SSW
    13
    SW
    12
    SW
    10
    SSW
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    12
    17
    19
    19
    16
    13
    12
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    96%
    96%
    96%
    90%
    83%
    84%
    88%
    95%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Friday (5 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    9
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    14
    WSW
    12
    SW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    13
    16
    19
    21
    21
    14
    14
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    95%
    94%
    93%
    85%
    79%
    80%
    86%
    92%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -

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    Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

    Headline:

    Shetland cloudy and showery today. Orkney mainly dry, occasionally bright.

    Today:

    A cloudy day across Shetland with showers, these quite frequent during the morning with some turning heavy and bringing some risk of thunderstorms. Mainly dry for Orkney with brighter spells building for the afternoon. Maximum temperature 17 °C.

    Tonight:

    Shetland mainly dry for the evening. Periods of rain reaching Orkney by mid-evening, which extends to Shetland during the early hours of Sunday, before clearing Orkney come dawn. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

    Sunday:

    Early morning rain across Shetland. Otherwise a fine dry bright morning and early afternoon, before showers develop mid to late afternoon. Maximum temperature 18 °C.

    Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

    Bright spells and only a few scattered and generally light showers through the outlook period, with the Northern Isles probably seeing some of the best of the countries weather.

    Updated:

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