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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport
- Location 58.954, -2.9
- Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
Tuesday (2 June 2026)
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10.7° Celsius
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11.0° Celsius
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11.6° Celsius
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11.6° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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11.2° Celsius
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11.2° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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11.0° Celsius
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11.0° Celsius
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10.7° Celsius
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10.8° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
NE 9
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NE 10
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NNE 10
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NE 9
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NE 9
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NNE 8
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N 6
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NNE 7
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NNE 9
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NNW 7
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NNW 7
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NNW 8
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NNW 7
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NW 5
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NNW 5
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| Wind gust | 11 knots | 12 knots | 11 knots | 12 knots | 12 knots | 10 knots | 8 knots | 11 knots | 11 knots | 8 knots | 9 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 7 knots | 7 knots |
| Visibility | 40.5 nautical miles | 1.7 nautical miles | 17.1 nautical miles | 15.4 nautical miles | 7.7 nautical miles | 6.7 nautical miles | 5.1 nautical miles | 15.8 nautical miles | 22.1 nautical miles | 6.3 nautical miles | 2.8 nautical miles | 0.7 nautical miles | 7.4 nautical miles | 6.2 nautical miles | 9.0 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 100% | 100% | 97% | 97% | 97% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Pressure | 1000 hectopascals | 1000 hectopascals | 1000 hectopascals | 1000 hectopascals | 1000 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 998 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 10.7° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius | 10.9° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 10.7° Celsius | 10.8° Celsius |
Wednesday (3 June 2026)
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10.9° Celsius
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10.8° Celsius
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10.9° Celsius
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10.9° Celsius
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11.0° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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11.7° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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13.4° Celsius
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12.4° Celsius
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12.2° Celsius
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12.7° Celsius
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12.8° Celsius
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12.4° Celsius
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12.0° Celsius
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12.5° Celsius
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12.1° Celsius
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12.0° Celsius
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11.5° Celsius
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11.5° Celsius
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11.5° Celsius
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11.3° Celsius
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11.2° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
NW 4
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W 5
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W 4
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WNW 3
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WNW 4
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N 5
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N 3
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E 2
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ESE 6
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SE 7
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ESE 8
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ESE 10
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ESE 11
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ESE 10
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ESE 14
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ESE 14
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SE 12
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SE 12
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ESE 13
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ESE 13
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ESE 13
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E 10
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E 13
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E 10
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| Wind gust | 5 knots | 7 knots | 6 knots | 5 knots | 5 knots | 6 knots | 4 knots | 4 knots | 9 knots | 9 knots | 11 knots | 14 knots | 16 knots | 14 knots | 18 knots | 20 knots | 16 knots | 17 knots | 18 knots | 17 knots | 19 knots | 16 knots | 18 knots | 14 knots |
| Visibility | 8.8 nautical miles | 3.8 nautical miles | 5.2 nautical miles | 11.9 nautical miles | 7.0 nautical miles | 3.9 nautical miles | 24.3 nautical miles | 33.1 nautical miles | 25.8 nautical miles | 20.0 nautical miles | 10.6 nautical miles | 27.6 nautical miles | 6.6 nautical miles | 2.0 nautical miles | 2.3 nautical miles | 6.9 nautical miles | 9.5 nautical miles | 16.1 nautical miles | 12.3 nautical miles | 11.0 nautical miles | 6.1 nautical miles | 2.6 nautical miles | 2.1 nautical miles | 1.1 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 94% | 92% | 93% | 94% | 96% | 97% | 96% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 95% | 97% | 98% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Pressure | 998 hectopascals | 998 hectopascals | 997 hectopascals | 997 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 987 hectopascals | 987 hectopascals | 986 hectopascals | 985 hectopascals | 985 hectopascals | 984 hectopascals | 983 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 10.9° Celsius | 10.8° Celsius | 10.9° Celsius | 10.9° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 12.2° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 12.1° Celsius | 12.3° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 12.5° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius |
Thursday (4 June 2026)
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11.4° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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10.9° Celsius
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10.8° Celsius
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11.0° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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11.8° Celsius
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13.3° Celsius
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13.6° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
ESE 9
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ESE 10
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SE 8
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SE 6
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ESE 5
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SSE 7
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SSE 9
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S 10
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S 10
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| Wind gust | 11 knots | 12 knots | 11 knots | 8 knots | 6 knots | 9 knots | 12 knots | 13 knots | 13 knots |
| Visibility | 0.8 nautical miles | 1.5 nautical miles | 4.7 nautical miles | 3.1 nautical miles | 3.8 nautical miles | 1.2 nautical miles | 4.4 nautical miles | 40.5 nautical miles | 40.5 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 91% | 89% |
| Pressure | 982 hectopascals | 982 hectopascals | 981 hectopascals | 981 hectopascals | 981 hectopascals | 981 hectopascals | 981 hectopascals | 981 hectopascals | 982 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 11.4° Celsius | 11.4° Celsius | 10.9° Celsius | 10.8° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 11.4° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius |
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