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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Tuesday (9 September 2025)

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
Weather Symbol Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
Temperature
13.4° Celsius
14.3° Celsius
14.9° Celsius
15.4° Celsius
15.6° Celsius
15.8° Celsius
16.1° Celsius
16.0° Celsius
15.3° Celsius
14.5° Celsius
13.6° Celsius
13.4° Celsius
13.3° Celsius
13.2° Celsius
13.1° Celsius
13.4° Celsius
13.3° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSE 7
S 7
S 7
SSE 9
SSE 9
SSE 9
SSE 10
SE 8
SSE 9
SE 9
SSE 7
SSE 9
SSE 9
SSE 8
SSE 8
SSE 9
SSE 8
Wind gust 9 knots 10 knots 10 knots 11 knots 12 knots 12 knots 14 knots 12 knots 13 knots 12 knots 10 knots 11 knots 13 knots 11 knots 11 knots 11 knots 12 knots
Visibility 18 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 10 nautical miles
Humidity 85% 79% 78% 73% 71% 75% 76% 77% 79% 83% 85% 90% 88% 91% 92% 93% 94%
Pressure 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 10.9° Celsius 10.8° Celsius 11.1° Celsius 10.6° Celsius 10.4° Celsius 11.3° Celsius 11.9° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 11.8° Celsius 11.7° Celsius 11.2° Celsius 11.7° Celsius 11.4° Celsius 11.7° Celsius 11.8° Celsius 12.2° Celsius 12.3° Celsius

Wednesday (10 September 2025)

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
Weather Symbol Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Sunny day Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast
Temperature
13.4° Celsius
13.3° Celsius
13.2° Celsius
13.4° Celsius
13.5° Celsius
13.6° Celsius
13.9° Celsius
14.9° Celsius
15.0° Celsius
15.8° Celsius
16.1° Celsius
16.4° Celsius
16.4° Celsius
15.4° Celsius
14.8° Celsius
15.2° Celsius
14.8° Celsius
14.7° Celsius
14.3° Celsius
14.3° Celsius
14.4° Celsius
14.7° Celsius
14.7° Celsius
14.6° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SE 9
SSE 8
SE 8
SE 8
SE 8
SE 9
SE 8
SE 10
SE 11
SE 11
SE 11
SE 11
SE 11
SE 11
ESE 10
ESE 11
ESE 10
ESE 10
ESE 11
ESE 11
ESE 12
ESE 11
ESE 11
ESE 10
Wind gust 12 knots 11 knots 11 knots 11 knots 11 knots 12 knots 11 knots 14 knots 15 knots 15 knots 16 knots 14 knots 15 knots 16 knots 14 knots 16 knots 14 knots 16 knots 15 knots 15 knots 16 knots 15 knots 15 knots 14 knots
Visibility 10 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 8 nautical miles
Humidity 94% 92% 92% 92% 91% 92% 94% 92% 89% 86% 82% 85% 84% 86% 89% 88% 89% 89% 90% 90% 91% 90% 90% 90%
Pressure 1,007 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,004 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 999 hectopascals 998 hectopascals 997 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 990 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 12.4° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 11.9° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 12.1° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.9° Celsius 13.6° Celsius 13.3° Celsius 13.4° Celsius 13.2° Celsius 13.9° Celsius 13.7° Celsius 13.1° Celsius 13.0° Celsius 13.2° Celsius 13.0° Celsius 12.9° Celsius 12.6° Celsius 12.8° Celsius 12.9° Celsius 13.0° Celsius 13.0° Celsius 12.9° Celsius

Thursday (11 September 2025)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Cloudy Overcast Overcast
Temperature
14.4° Celsius
14.6° Celsius
14.6° Celsius
13.5° Celsius
11.7° Celsius
12.5° Celsius
12.5° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
ESE 11
ESE 12
ESE 11
SE 8
SSE 5
S 6
S 5
Wind gust 16 knots 16 knots 15 knots 11 knots 6 knots 8 knots 8 knots
Visibility 8 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 18 nautical miles
Humidity 91% 91% 91% 96% 94% 93% 93%
Pressure 989 hectopascals 987 hectopascals 986 hectopascals 985 hectopascals 985 hectopascals 985 hectopascals 984 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 13.0° Celsius 13.2° Celsius 13.1° Celsius 12.9° Celsius 10.8° Celsius 11.4° Celsius 11.4° Celsius

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