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Marine observations - Wick John O Groats Airport
- Location 58.454, -3.089
- Altitude 36 m above mean sea level
Friday (2 October 2026)
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| Temperature |
13.5° Celsius
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14.6° Celsius
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14.1° Celsius
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14.7° Celsius
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16.5° Celsius
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14.8° Celsius
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14.5° Celsius
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13.9° Celsius
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13.7° Celsius
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14.3° Celsius
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13.9° Celsius
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12.4° Celsius
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11.5° Celsius
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10.6° Celsius
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9.8° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S 13
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S 13
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S 12
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S 12
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S 15
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SSE 12
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SSE 16
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SSE 18
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SSE 14
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S 17
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SSW 14
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SW 11
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W 15
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W 13
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W 12
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| Wind gust | 22 knots | 20 knots | 20 knots | 18 knots | 21 knots | 18 knots | 24 knots | 26 knots | 24 knots | 27 knots | 20 knots | 17 knots | 21 knots | 17 knots | 15 knots |
| Visibility | 12.3 nautical miles | 14.3 nautical miles | 12.0 nautical miles | 13.3 nautical miles | 17.6 nautical miles | 12.1 nautical miles | 10.5 nautical miles | 8.1 nautical miles | 7.7 nautical miles | 7.8 nautical miles | 15.4 nautical miles | 22.6 nautical miles | 24.7 nautical miles | 23.3 nautical miles | 24.1 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 84% | 82% | 85% | 80% | 64% | 80% | 84% | 89% | 92% | 88% | 82% | 84% | 82% | 87% | 91% |
| Pressure | 1017 hectopascals | 1017 hectopascals | 1017 hectopascals | 1016 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals | 1012 hectopascals | 1011 hectopascals | 1010 hectopascals | 1011 hectopascals | 1012 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 10.9° Celsius | 11.5° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 9.8° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 12.1° Celsius | 12.4° Celsius | 12.3° Celsius | 10.9° Celsius | 9.7° Celsius | 8.4° Celsius | 8.5° Celsius | 8.4° Celsius |
Saturday (3 October 2026)
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9.8° Celsius
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9.9° Celsius
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9.6° Celsius
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7.0° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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9.0° Celsius
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8.2° Celsius
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9.3° Celsius
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10.5° Celsius
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12.5° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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12.9° Celsius
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12.7° Celsius
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13.5° Celsius
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14.3° Celsius
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12.9° Celsius
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12.8° Celsius
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11.7° Celsius
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12.5° Celsius
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12.5° Celsius
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12.4° Celsius
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11.7° Celsius
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12.0° Celsius
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12.0° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
W 11
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SW 8
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SW 7
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WSW 6
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SW 6
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WSW 11
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WSW 9
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SSW 8
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SW 9
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WSW 14
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SW 13
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SW 13
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SSW 11
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SW 13
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W 16
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W 8
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SW 9
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SSW 8
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SSW 11
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SW 11
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SSW 11
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SSW 10
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SSW 11
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SSW 14
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| Wind gust | 16 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 8 knots | 9 knots | 15 knots | 11 knots | 10 knots | 14 knots | 20 knots | 18 knots | 17 knots | 15 knots | 18 knots | 23 knots | 14 knots | 13 knots | 11 knots | 16 knots | 16 knots | 16 knots | 14 knots | 17 knots | 19 knots |
| Visibility | 21.0 nautical miles | 19.5 nautical miles | 19.1 nautical miles | 18.1 nautical miles | 19.3 nautical miles | 20.4 nautical miles | 21.5 nautical miles | 18.7 nautical miles | 15.3 nautical miles | 15.4 nautical miles | 17.7 nautical miles | 15.2 nautical miles | 14.2 nautical miles | 16.0 nautical miles | 21.6 nautical miles | 22.0 nautical miles | 19.6 nautical miles | 19.3 nautical miles | 14.6 nautical miles | 16.2 nautical miles | 15.7 nautical miles | 14.4 nautical miles | 12.9 nautical miles | 12.9 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 86% | 85% | 84% | 89% | 84% | 85% | 83% | 79% | 79% | 69% | 69% | 71% | 74% | 72% | 70% | 82% | 74% | 81% | 87% | 86% | 84% | 86% | 85% | 82% |
| Pressure | 1017 hectopascals | 1017 hectopascals | 1018 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1021 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1021 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 7.6° Celsius | 7.5° Celsius | 6.9° Celsius | 5.4° Celsius | 5.5° Celsius | 6.6° Celsius | 5.5° Celsius | 5.9° Celsius | 6.9° Celsius | 7.1° Celsius | 6.9° Celsius | 7.8° Celsius | 8.2° Celsius | 8.5° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 9.8° Celsius | 8.3° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius | 10.3° Celsius | 10.3° Celsius | 9.7° Celsius | 9.5° Celsius | 9.5° Celsius | 9.1° Celsius |
Sunday (4 October 2026)
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12.1° Celsius
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12.2° Celsius
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12.5° Celsius
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12.9° Celsius
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13.0° Celsius
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11.8° Celsius
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12.5° Celsius
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12.7° Celsius
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12.7° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
SSW 14
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SSW 14
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SSW 15
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SSW 16
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SSW 19
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SSW 19
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SSW 16
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SW 19
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SW 19
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| Wind gust | 21 knots | 21 knots | 23 knots | 21 knots | 26 knots | 27 knots | 24 knots | 27 knots | 25 knots |
| Visibility | 13.3 nautical miles | 14.0 nautical miles | 14.1 nautical miles | 12.1 nautical miles | 11.8 nautical miles | 13.9 nautical miles | 15.0 nautical miles | 18.8 nautical miles | 18.9 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 81% | 82% | 82% | 81% | 78% | 81% | 79% | 82% | 84% |
| Pressure | 1020 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1017 hectopascals | 1017 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1013 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 9.0° Celsius | 9.1° Celsius | 9.4° Celsius | 9.8° Celsius | 9.2° Celsius | 8.7° Celsius | 8.9° Celsius | 9.6° Celsius | 10.1° Celsius |
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