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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport
- Location 58.954, -2.9
- Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
Monday (7 September 2026)
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11.7° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S 20
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| Wind gust | 27 knots |
| Visibility | 16.8 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 81% |
| Pressure | 994 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 8.6° Celsius |
Tuesday (8 September 2026)
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11.4° Celsius
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11.5° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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11.3° Celsius
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10.9° Celsius
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11.0° Celsius
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11.9° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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12.2° Celsius
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12.9° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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14.1° Celsius
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14.7° Celsius
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14.9° Celsius
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13.7° Celsius
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14.0° Celsius
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14.1° Celsius
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13.4° Celsius
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12.9° Celsius
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12.0° Celsius
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11.9° Celsius
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11.2° Celsius
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10.7° Celsius
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10.6° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S 19
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S 17
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S 18
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S 19
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S 14
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S 15
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S 18
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S 19
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S 17
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S 17
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S 14
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E 7
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NNE 16
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NNE 19
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N 18
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NNE 18
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N 17
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N 18
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N 19
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NNW 20
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NNW 16
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NNW 18
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N 17
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NNW 17
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| Wind gust | 25 knots | 23 knots | 26 knots | 26 knots | 19 knots | 21 knots | 24 knots | 27 knots | 27 knots | 24 knots | 19 knots | 11 knots | 20 knots | 24 knots | 25 knots | 23 knots | 20 knots | 23 knots | 23 knots | 24 knots | 21 knots | 24 knots | 22 knots | 23 knots |
| Visibility | 18.4 nautical miles | 17.6 nautical miles | 16.1 nautical miles | 19.0 nautical miles | 24.3 nautical miles | 20.3 nautical miles | 22.5 nautical miles | 19.1 nautical miles | 17.5 nautical miles | 18.6 nautical miles | 2.3 nautical miles | 17.8 nautical miles | 16.1 nautical miles | 17.5 nautical miles | 21.0 nautical miles | 18.5 nautical miles | 12.5 nautical miles | 12.9 nautical miles | 14.0 nautical miles | 10.2 nautical miles | 12.8 nautical miles | 15.8 nautical miles | 28.1 nautical miles | 33.1 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 90% | 89% | 91% | 89% | 91% | 91% | 88% | 84% | 90% | 87% | 96% | 89% | 86% | 79% | 82% | 82% | 86% | 90% | 87% | 93% | 87% | 90% | 92% | 85% |
| Pressure | 993 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 997 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 1000 hectopascals | 1002 hectopascals | 1004 hectopascals | 1005 hectopascals | 1006 hectopascals | 1007 hectopascals | 1008 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 9.9° Celsius | 9.6° Celsius | 9.6° Celsius | 9.5° Celsius | 9.4° Celsius | 9.5° Celsius | 10.0° Celsius | 9.9° Celsius | 10.6° Celsius | 10.8° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 12.2° Celsius | 12.4° Celsius | 11.4° Celsius | 10.6° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 10.8° Celsius | 10.8° Celsius | 9.7° Celsius | 9.6° Celsius | 9.4° Celsius | 8.3° Celsius |
Wednesday (9 September 2026)
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10.1° Celsius
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9.8° Celsius
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10.2° Celsius
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9.5° Celsius
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9.9° Celsius
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9.9° Celsius
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9.7° Celsius
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9.8° Celsius
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11.2° Celsius
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11.6° Celsius
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12.2° Celsius
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12.8° Celsius
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13.2° Celsius
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12.9° Celsius
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13.5° Celsius
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13.5° Celsius
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13.4° Celsius
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12.2° Celsius
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8.9° Celsius
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8.2° Celsius
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9.0° Celsius
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9.2° Celsius
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9.9° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
NW 12
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WNW 11
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NW 12
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WNW 8
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NW 9
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WNW 9
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WNW 7
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W 7
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WNW 6
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WNW 9
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NW 10
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W 10
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W 10
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W 9
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W 11
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WSW 11
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W 8
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W 6
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WSW 5
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SSW 3
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S 9
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SSE 10
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SSE 9
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| Wind gust | 18 knots | 16 knots | 17 knots | 12 knots | 12 knots | 13 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 9 knots | 13 knots | 13 knots | 16 knots | 15 knots | 12 knots | 15 knots | 16 knots | 11 knots | 8 knots | 7 knots | 4 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots |
| Visibility | 25.0 nautical miles | 12.1 nautical miles | 21.2 nautical miles | 21.2 nautical miles | 20.1 nautical miles | 21.0 nautical miles | 18.2 nautical miles | 22.8 nautical miles | 22.3 nautical miles | 22.3 nautical miles | 24.8 nautical miles | 24.3 nautical miles | 25.7 nautical miles | 22.9 nautical miles | 25.2 nautical miles | 27.0 nautical miles | 25.2 nautical miles | 15.7 nautical miles | 20.5 nautical miles | 21.8 nautical miles | 20.7 nautical miles | 20.8 nautical miles | 21.6 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 93% | 93% | 73% | 78% | 74% | 74% | 80% | 79% | 68% | 66% | 63% | 67% | 62% | 64% | 63% | 66% | 67% | 75% | 86% | 90% | 92% | 94% | 92% |
| Pressure | 1009 hectopascals | 1009 hectopascals | 1010 hectopascals | 1010 hectopascals | 1011 hectopascals | 1011 hectopascals | 1012 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 9.0° Celsius | 8.7° Celsius | 5.6° Celsius | 5.8° Celsius | 5.5° Celsius | 5.6° Celsius | 6.5° Celsius | 6.3° Celsius | 5.5° Celsius | 5.6° Celsius | 5.3° Celsius | 6.8° Celsius | 6.0° Celsius | 6.3° Celsius | 6.6° Celsius | 7.3° Celsius | 7.4° Celsius | 7.9° Celsius | 6.7° Celsius | 6.7° Celsius | 7.8° Celsius | 8.3° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius |
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