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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Wednesday (4 March 2026)

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 Overcast Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Overcast Clear night Mist Mist Clear night Mist
Temperature
5.1° Celsius
7.0° Celsius
8.3° Celsius
9.2° Celsius
8.9° Celsius
8.7° Celsius
8.8° Celsius
9.2° Celsius
8.2° Celsius
7.8° Celsius
6.8° Celsius
6.7° Celsius
6.6° Celsius
6.8° Celsius
7.2° Celsius
6.8° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 13
SSW 14
SSW 12
S 16
S 16
S 12
S 9
S 14
S 14
S 11
S 10
SSE 10
SSE 12
SSE 10
SSE 14
SSE 14
Wind gust 16 knots 18 knots 16 knots 21 knots 21 knots 19 knots 12 knots 19 knots 19 knots 16 knots 13 knots 14 knots 15 knots 14 knots 18 knots 18 knots
Visibility 18 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 20 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 4 nautical miles
Humidity 81% 75% 75% 71% 76% 79% 80% 80% 88% 89% 94% 94% 96% 95% 94% 95%
Pressure 1,019 hectopascals 1,019 hectopascals 1,019 hectopascals 1,018 hectopascals 1,018 hectopascals 1,017 hectopascals 1,017 hectopascals 1,016 hectopascals 1,015 hectopascals 1,015 hectopascals 1,015 hectopascals 1,015 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 2.2° Celsius 2.9° Celsius 4.2° Celsius 4.2° Celsius 4.8° Celsius 5.3° Celsius 5.6° Celsius 6.0° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 5.8° Celsius 5.7° Celsius 5.9° Celsius 6.0° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 6.1° Celsius

Thursday (5 March 2026)

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 Mist Mist Mist Mist Mist Mist Mist Mist Mist Mist Mist Drizzle Drizzle Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light rain Light rain Light rain Drizzle Light rain Light rain Overcast Light rain Overcast
Temperature
7.3° Celsius
7.1° Celsius
7.2° Celsius
7.1° Celsius
7.2° Celsius
7.3° Celsius
7.4° Celsius
7.5° Celsius
7.9° Celsius
8.5° Celsius
9.6° Celsius
8.8° Celsius
8.8° Celsius
8.9° Celsius
8.2° Celsius
7.3° Celsius
6.5° Celsius
5.7° Celsius
5.2° Celsius
5.1° Celsius
4.6° Celsius
4.8° Celsius
4.9° Celsius
4.5° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSE 19
SSE 17
SSE 19
SSE 20
SSE 17
SSE 18
SSE 20
S 18
S 18
S 14
S 14
SW 12
WSW 11
W 13
W 12
W 13
W 11
W 13
W 5
W 10
WSW 6
WSW 6
WSW 3
WSW 6
Wind gust 26 knots 24 knots 25 knots 26 knots 22 knots 24 knots 25 knots 23 knots 25 knots 18 knots 19 knots 17 knots 15 knots 17 knots 17 knots 20 knots 15 knots 20 knots 7 knots 19 knots 9 knots 8 knots 4 knots 6 knots
Visibility 4 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 25 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 26 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 26 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 24 nautical miles 19 nautical miles
Humidity 94% 94% 95% 95% 94% 94% 92% 92% 91% 90% 86% 88% 91% 85% 80% 87% 88% 87% 88% 89% 88% 84% 79% 84%
Pressure 1,011 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals 1,013 hectopascals 1,014 hectopascals 1,016 hectopascals 1,016 hectopascals 1,017 hectopascals 1,018 hectopascals 1,018 hectopascals 1,019 hectopascals 1,019 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 6.4° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 6.4° Celsius 6.5° Celsius 6.9° Celsius 7.4° Celsius 6.9° Celsius 7.4° Celsius 6.5° Celsius 5.0° Celsius 5.2° Celsius 4.7° Celsius 3.7° Celsius 3.5° Celsius 3.4° Celsius 2.8° Celsius 2.2° Celsius 1.6° Celsius 2.0° Celsius

Friday (6 March 2026)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Light rain Overcast Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny day
Temperature
4.3° Celsius
4.2° Celsius
2.7° Celsius
2.1° Celsius
1.0° Celsius
0.9° Celsius
1.7° Celsius
3.4° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
W 6
WSW 7
W 6
WSW 7
WSW 5
WSW 5
WSW 7
SW 8
Wind gust 8 knots 9 knots 9 knots 8 knots 6 knots 7 knots 8 knots 9 knots
Visibility 18 nautical miles 20 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 24 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 26 nautical miles 27 nautical miles
Humidity 86% 86% 86% 88% 88% 89% 86% 82%
Pressure 1,020 hectopascals 1,020 hectopascals 1,021 hectopascals 1,021 hectopascals 1,021 hectopascals 1,021 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals 1,022 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 2.2° Celsius 2.0° Celsius 0.5° Celsius 0.4° Celsius -0.7° Celsius -0.7° Celsius -0.5° Celsius 0.5° Celsius

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