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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 (30 August 2025)

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 Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny day Cloudy Overcast Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Sunny intervals Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain
Temperature
14.3° Celsius
14.1° Celsius
14.2° Celsius
14.8° Celsius
15.3° Celsius
16.4° Celsius
17.1° Celsius
16.8° Celsius
16.1° Celsius
15.9° Celsius
16.2° Celsius
16.5° Celsius
15.6° Celsius
14.8° Celsius
14.7° Celsius
14.8° Celsius
14.2° Celsius
14.4° Celsius
14.3° Celsius
13.4° Celsius
14.5° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSE 4
SE 4
SE 6
SE 5
SE 6
SE 7
SE 6
SE 7
SE 7
SE 8
ESE 7
SE 7
SE 9
ESE 6
ESE 8
SE 8
SSE 8
SE 9
SE 9
ESE 9
ESE 10
Wind gust 5 knots 6 knots 8 knots 7 knots 8 knots 8 knots 8 knots 8 knots 9 knots 11 knots 10 knots 10 knots 11 knots 9 knots 11 knots 11 knots 12 knots 13 knots 13 knots 13 knots 14 knots
Visibility 3 nautical miles 3 nautical miles 3 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 20 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 25 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 6 nautical miles
Humidity 98% 98% 98% 97% 96% 87% 81% 85% 85% 85% 83% 83% 88% 91% 93% 89% 93% 96% 97% 97% 99%
Pressure 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 989 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 13.9° Celsius 13.9° Celsius 14.0° Celsius 14.3° Celsius 14.6° Celsius 14.2° Celsius 13.8° Celsius 14.3° Celsius 13.6° Celsius 13.4° Celsius 13.3° Celsius 13.6° Celsius 13.6° Celsius 13.3° Celsius 13.5° Celsius 13.0° Celsius 13.1° Celsius 13.8° Celsius 13.9° Celsius 13.0° Celsius 14.3° Celsius

Sunday (31 August 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 Overcast Overcast Mist Overcast Drizzle Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Clear night
Temperature
14.7° Celsius
15.0° Celsius
15.0° Celsius
14.9° Celsius
14.6° Celsius
14.3° Celsius
14.0° Celsius
15.4° Celsius
15.6° Celsius
15.8° Celsius
16.5° Celsius
17.0° Celsius
17.3° Celsius
17.2° Celsius
17.3° Celsius
16.6° Celsius
16.4° Celsius
15.3° Celsius
14.7° Celsius
14.2° Celsius
14.2° Celsius
14.3° Celsius
14.1° Celsius
13.8° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SE 8
SE 9
SSE 7
S 6
S 6
S 6
S 5
S 7
S 8
SSE 10
SSE 9
SSE 10
SSE 12
SE 11
SE 10
SSE 12
SE 12
SE 12
SE 9
SE 9
SE 9
SE 10
SE 8
SSE 8
Wind gust 12 knots 12 knots 9 knots 7 knots 8 knots 8 knots 8 knots 8 knots 11 knots 13 knots 12 knots 13 knots 16 knots 14 knots 14 knots 16 knots 16 knots 15 knots 13 knots 13 knots 13 knots 12 knots 11 knots 11 knots
Visibility 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 23 nautical miles 27 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 9 nautical miles
Humidity 98% 98% 97% 97% 96% 94% 92% 86% 81% 77% 78% 76% 72% 81% 79% 79% 81% 86% 88% 91% 93% 94% 94% 91%
Pressure 988 hectopascals 987 hectopascals 987 hectopascals 987 hectopascals 988 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 14.4° Celsius 14.6° Celsius 14.6° Celsius 14.4° Celsius 13.9° Celsius 13.4° Celsius 12.7° Celsius 13.2° Celsius 12.4° Celsius 11.8° Celsius 12.5° Celsius 12.6° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 13.9° Celsius 13.7° Celsius 13.0° Celsius 13.1° Celsius 12.9° Celsius 12.8° Celsius 12.8° Celsius 13.0° Celsius 13.3° Celsius 13.2° Celsius 12.3° Celsius

Monday (1 September 2025)

00:00 01:00 02:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Clear night Clear night Clear night
Temperature
13.8° Celsius
13.8° Celsius
14.0° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SE 9
SE 8
SE 9
Wind gust 11 knots 11 knots 13 knots
Visibility 8 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 9 nautical miles
Humidity 93% 90% 90%
Pressure 994 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 993 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 12.7° Celsius 12.3° Celsius 12.4° Celsius

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