Orkney & Shetland weather

Headline:

Sunny intervals along with some haar on Saturday.

Today:

A dry day. Some haar may affect southern and eastern parts of both Orkney and Shetland. Otherwise some sunshine, especially across sheltered western areas where it become very warm. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Tonight:

Some brightness this evening across western areas. Then haar likely to become widepsread and linger overnight along with a little drizzle. Light mainly southeasterly winds. Minimum temperature 13 °C.

Sunday:

A dry day with sunny spells but haar may come and go through the day, more especially across eastern areas. Very warm in any sunshine across sheltered western areas. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

Dry on Monday with bright spells. Chance of a few showers on Tuesday then mainly dry on Wednesday.

Updated: 05:00 (UTC+1) on Sat 12 Jul 2025

Changeable weather conditions are expected across the UK during this forecast period. Periods of fine and dry weather are expected at times. These settled spells could persist for several days at a time and are likely to be accompanied by plenty of sunshine. Interspersed with this will be cloudier, more unsettled intervals which will bring some showers or longer spells of persistent rainfall. Some of the rainfall is likely to be heavy in places, with a risk thunderstorms at times as well. Temperatures are expected to be above normal for the majority of the UK throughout this period. Some hot conditions are likely to develop at times, particularly in southern and eastern areas of the UK.

Updated: 15:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 11 Jul 2025

Changeable conditions are expected across the UK during this period. Periods of fine and dry weather will be interspersed with more unsettled intervals bringing showers or longer spells of rain, these heavy at times. Temperatures are expected to be above normal and it could be hot at times in parts of the south and east.

Updated: 16:00 (UTC+1) on Fri 11 Jul 2025