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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

  • Location 58.954, -2.9
  • Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
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Saturday (1 November 2025)

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Weather
Weather Symbol Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night Clear night
Temperature
11.5° Celsius
11.1° Celsius
10.9° Celsius
10.8° Celsius
10.6° Celsius
10.4° Celsius
11.0° Celsius
9.5° Celsius
9.5° Celsius
8.9° Celsius
8.7° Celsius
8.5° Celsius
9.1° Celsius
8.8° Celsius
8.1° Celsius
9.5° Celsius
9.0° Celsius
8.5° Celsius
8.0° Celsius
8.2° Celsius
7.5° Celsius
7.2° Celsius
7.1° Celsius
6.8° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
S 13
S 12
SSE 12
SSE 13
S 10
SSE 11
SE 7
S 5
SE 4
SSW 5
W 4
WSW 9
WSW 16
WSW 19
W 14
WSW 13
WSW 20
SW 19
SW 19
SSW 20
SW 20
SSW 16
SSW 15
SSW 15
Wind gust 17 knots 16 knots 16 knots 16 knots 16 knots 16 knots 10 knots 6 knots 8 knots 6 knots 6 knots 12 knots 27 knots 27 knots 19 knots 19 knots 27 knots 23 knots 23 knots 25 knots 25 knots 21 knots 19 knots 21 knots
Visibility 11 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 3 nautical miles 3 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 20 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 28 nautical miles 27 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 21 nautical miles
Humidity 92% 93% 94% 92% 92% 92% 96% 93% 96% 97% 97% 96% 96% 95% 92% 91% 83% 86% 89% 88% 87% 85% 87% 86%
Pressure 986 hectopascals 985 hectopascals 985 hectopascals 984 hectopascals 984 hectopascals 983 hectopascals 982 hectopascals 981 hectopascals 981 hectopascals 980 hectopascals 980 hectopascals 981 hectopascals 981 hectopascals 982 hectopascals 984 hectopascals 985 hectopascals 986 hectopascals 987 hectopascals 988 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 992 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 10.3° Celsius 10.0° Celsius 10.1° Celsius 9.6° Celsius 9.3° Celsius 9.1° Celsius 10.3° Celsius 8.4° Celsius 8.9° Celsius 8.5° Celsius 8.3° Celsius 8.0° Celsius 8.6° Celsius 8.0° Celsius 6.9° Celsius 8.1° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 6.4° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 5.5° Celsius 4.9° Celsius 5.1° Celsius 4.7° Celsius

Sunday (2 November 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 Clear night Clear night Clear night Light rain Light rain Sunny intervals Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Overcast Clear night Clear night
Temperature
6.8° Celsius
6.8° Celsius
6.9° Celsius
7.3° Celsius
7.3° Celsius
7.1° Celsius
7.0° Celsius
7.7° Celsius
6.8° Celsius
8.2° Celsius
8.6° Celsius
8.5° Celsius
8.5° Celsius
9.1° Celsius
9.4° Celsius
9.4° Celsius
8.9° Celsius
9.1° Celsius
9.7° Celsius
8.8° Celsius
8.8° Celsius
8.3° Celsius
8.1° Celsius
8.3° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 14
S 14
S 16
SSW 16
SSW 15
SSW 15
S 16
S 16
S 11
S 17
S 20
S 21
S 19
S 22
SSW 25
SW 23
SSW 24
SW 24
SW 23
SW 20
SSW 20
SSW 17
SSW 17
SSW 17
Wind gust 19 knots 19 knots 21 knots 21 knots 19 knots 21 knots 23 knots 23 knots 19 knots 25 knots 29 knots 27 knots 29 knots 31 knots 33 knots 33 knots 31 knots 31 knots 31 knots 25 knots 25 knots 21 knots 21 knots 21 knots
Visibility 27 nautical miles 34 nautical miles 32 nautical miles 28 nautical miles 30 nautical miles 38 nautical miles 34 nautical miles 34 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 28 nautical miles 30 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 25 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 18 nautical miles
Humidity 84% 88% 86% 84% 85% 84% 85% 83% 89% 84% 81% 84% 90% 88% 90% 91% 93% 93% 91% 91% 87% 90% 88% 85%
Pressure 992 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 4.3° Celsius 4.9° Celsius 4.6° Celsius 4.8° Celsius 4.9° Celsius 4.7° Celsius 4.6° Celsius 5.1° Celsius 5.0° Celsius 5.7° Celsius 5.6° Celsius 6.0° Celsius 7.0° Celsius 7.1° Celsius 7.8° Celsius 8.0° Celsius 7.9° Celsius 8.0° Celsius 8.3° Celsius 7.5° Celsius 6.7° Celsius 6.8° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 6.0° Celsius

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