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Marine observations - Wick John O Groats Airport
- Location 58.454, -3.089
- Altitude 36 m above mean sea level
Thursday (2 July 2026)
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| Temperature |
14.3° Celsius
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13.1° Celsius
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12.2° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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10.8° Celsius
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9.9° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
WNW 22
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WNW 24
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WNW 17
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WNW 14
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WNW 17
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W 12
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WNW 17
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| Wind gust | 30 knots | 34 knots | 24 knots | 21 knots | 23 knots | 15 knots | 24 knots |
| Visibility | 14.9 nautical miles | 13.7 nautical miles | 13.0 nautical miles | 11.0 nautical miles | 12.9 nautical miles | 10.7 nautical miles | 14.8 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 68% | 68% | 77% | 81% | 79% | 87% | 83% |
| Pressure | 1018 hectopascals | 1018 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 8.4° Celsius | 7.3° Celsius | 8.3° Celsius | 8.2° Celsius | 7.2° Celsius | 7.9° Celsius | 8.2° Celsius |
Friday (3 July 2026)
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9.5° Celsius
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10.0° 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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12.4° Celsius
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13.6° Celsius
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14.0° Celsius
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15.4° Celsius
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16.7° Celsius
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16.5° Celsius
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17.4° Celsius
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18.4° Celsius
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18.7° Celsius
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18.9° Celsius
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17.5° Celsius
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16.9° Celsius
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16.5° Celsius
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16.3° Celsius
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14.8° Celsius
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13.6° Celsius
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13.3° Celsius
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11.2° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
W 11
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S 3
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SSW 4
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SSW 7
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SSW 4
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WSW 11
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WSW 8
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W 11
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W 11
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W 17
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WSW 9
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W 13
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W 12
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W 17
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W 13
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WNW 12
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W 14
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W 12
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SW 10
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W 7
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WSW 7
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SSW 6
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WSW 5
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SW 7
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| Wind gust | 15 knots | 5 knots | 5 knots | 9 knots | 7 knots | 15 knots | 10 knots | 16 knots | 14 knots | 24 knots | 14 knots | 21 knots | 18 knots | 24 knots | 18 knots | 17 knots | 18 knots | 17 knots | 14 knots | 10 knots | 9 knots | 8 knots | 6 knots | 9 knots |
| Visibility | 14.8 nautical miles | 16.5 nautical miles | 18.6 nautical miles | 20.4 nautical miles | 22.3 nautical miles | 25.1 nautical miles | 24.8 nautical miles | 27.6 nautical miles | 26.6 nautical miles | 24.3 nautical miles | 21.5 nautical miles | 22.2 nautical miles | 22.0 nautical miles | 22.8 nautical miles | 23.3 nautical miles | 23.5 nautical miles | 23.3 nautical miles | 25.0 nautical miles | 24.8 nautical miles | 24.8 nautical miles | 23.9 nautical miles | 20.9 nautical miles | 20.2 nautical miles | 24.8 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 90% | 84% | 80% | 77% | 87% | 79% | 71% | 72% | 70% | 63% | 62% | 56% | 55% | 53% | 53% | 66% | 69% | 71% | 68% | 71% | 76% | 80% | 86% | 78% |
| Pressure | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1020 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1019 hectopascals | 1018 hectopascals | 1018 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 7.9° Celsius | 7.5° Celsius | 7.6° Celsius | 7.0° Celsius | 8.9° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 8.4° Celsius | 9.0° Celsius | 10.0° Celsius | 9.7° Celsius | 9.3° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius | 9.2° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 9.0° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 10.3° Celsius | 9.5° Celsius | 9.5° Celsius | 9.9° Celsius | 8.9° Celsius | 8.9° Celsius |
Saturday (4 July 2026)
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11.8° 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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11.8° Celsius
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12.8° Celsius
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13.3° Celsius
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13.1° Celsius
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13.6° Celsius
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14.5° Celsius
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16.0° Celsius
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15.9° Celsius
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17.3° Celsius
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17.2° Celsius
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17.0° Celsius
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17.5° Celsius
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16.8° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
SW 5
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S 4
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SSW 5
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SW 5
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SSW 4
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SSW 4
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SW 4
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SSW 8
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SSW 8
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SSW 11
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SSW 13
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SSW 9
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NW 9
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WNW 19
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WNW 20
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WNW 16
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WNW 16
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| Wind gust | 6 knots | 6 knots | 6 knots | 6 knots | 5 knots | 5 knots | 6 knots | 12 knots | 13 knots | 15 knots | 18 knots | 15 knots | 14 knots | 24 knots | 27 knots | 24 knots | 21 knots |
| Visibility | 24.7 nautical miles | 24.8 nautical miles | 20.8 nautical miles | 23.1 nautical miles | 25.1 nautical miles | 27.1 nautical miles | 29.0 nautical miles | 22.5 nautical miles | 25.4 nautical miles | 21.8 nautical miles | 31.7 nautical miles | 5.6 nautical miles | 30.0 nautical miles | 28.0 nautical miles | 22.6 nautical miles | 25.2 nautical miles | 23.2 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 79% | 84% | 90% | 90% | 86% | 83% | 84% | 89% | 88% | 87% | 77% | 83% | 85% | 76% | 77% | 70% | 73% |
| Pressure | 1018 hectopascals | 1017 hectopascals | 1017 hectopascals | 1017 hectopascals | 1016 hectopascals | 1016 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1014 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals | 1015 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 8.4° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius | 9.7° Celsius | 9.4° Celsius | 9.5° Celsius | 10.0° Celsius | 10.7° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 12.3° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 13.0° Celsius | 14.8° Celsius | 13.0° Celsius | 13.0° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius |
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