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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport

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

20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain
Temperature
6.9°
6.2°
5.9°
6.0°
Wind Direction and speed
NNE 10
NE 10
NE 12
NE 12
Wind gust 14 14 16 15
Visibility 5 4 4 4
Humidity 96% 94% 91% 92%
Pressure 1,008 1,010 1,011 1,011
Dew point temperature 6.2° 5.2° 4.5° 4.8°

Monday (10 March 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 Light rain Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Overcast Overcast Light rain Sunny day Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Overcast Sunny day Overcast Sunny day Cloudy Overcast Overcast Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Light rain
Temperature
5.7°
5.7°
5.4°
6.2°
5.9°
5.6°
5.2°
5.5°
5.8°
5.7°
6.1°
6.6°
6.4°
6.1°
5.4°
4.7°
5.1°
4.6°
4.7°
4.6°
3.1°
3.6°
3.1°
3.3°
Wind Direction and speed
NE 13
NE 12
NE 13
NE 11
NNE 15
NNE 14
NNE 13
NNE 13
NNE 11
N 12
NNE 11
NNE 11
NNE 11
NNE 11
N 10
NNE 13
N 10
N 9
N 10
N 9
NNE 6
N 10
NNW 7
N 8
Wind gust 19 17 18 17 18 18 18 17 16 15 15 14 13 15 13 17 13 12 14 12 8 13 9 13
Visibility 10 11 6 11 11 13 10 15 15 17 19 21 19 20 17 23 22 22 22 22 14 27 28 10
Humidity 89% 89% 89% 80% 76% 74% 78% 70% 70% 64% 60% 56% 60% 63% 74% 68% 60% 62% 59% 63% 88% 82% 89% 90%
Pressure 1,012 1,012 1,013 1,013 1,014 1,015 1,016 1,016 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,018 1,018 1,018 1,017 1,017 1,017 1,018 1,018 1,018 1,017 1,017 1,016
Dew point temperature 4.1° 4.1° 3.8° 3.0° 1.9° 1.4° 1.6° 0.5° 0.9° -0.6° -1.0° -1.6° -0.8° -0.5° 1.3° -0.7° -2.1° -2.0° -2.6° -1.8° 1.4° 0.8° 1.4° 1.9°

Tuesday (11 March 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
Weather
Weather Symbol Light rain Light rain Light rain Drizzle Drizzle Cloudy Cloudy Light rain Drizzle Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Cloudy Light rain Light rain Drizzle Light rain
Temperature
3.2°
4.1°
4.0°
4.2°
4.1°
4.6°
4.8°
4.9°
6.0°
6.2°
6.7°
7.0°
5.2°
4.3°
4.4°
3.8°
3.5°
3.2°
3.9°
4.0°
Wind Direction and speed
NW 6
NNW 8
WNW 5
WNW 6
W 6
WNW 5
W 5
W 8
WNW 5
NW 8
NNW 9
NNW 12
NNW 9
NW 10
NNW 12
NNW 12
NW 8
NNW 9
NNW 11
NNW 12
Wind gust 9 10 9 8 8 8 8 11 8 10 11 15 12 14 15 17 15 12 15 16
Visibility 26 25 15 17 25 22 22 26 21 20 11 10 10 8 21 6 7 21 24 18
Humidity 88% 82% 83% 83% 86% 82% 84% 91% 86% 80% 78% 72% 82% 86% 79% 83% 87% 92% 82% 86%
Pressure 1,016 1,015 1,014 1,013 1,013 1,012 1,011 1,010 1,009 1,009 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,008 1,007 1,007 1,007 1,007 1,007 1,007
Dew point temperature 1.5° 1.3° 1.4° 1.6° 1.9° 1.9° 2.4° 3.6° 3.8° 3.0° 3.2° 2.3° 2.4° 2.2° 1.1° 1.2° 1.6° 2.0° 1.1° 1.8°

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