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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 (3 January 2026)

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 Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Sunny intervals Heavy rain Sunny intervals Sunny day Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Clear night Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain
Temperature
1.5° Celsius
1.5° Celsius
1.4° Celsius
1.8° Celsius
0.0° Celsius
1.2° Celsius
1.4° Celsius
1.5° Celsius
1.2° Celsius
1.2° Celsius
0.7° Celsius
-0.1° Celsius
1.1° Celsius
1.0° Celsius
1.0° Celsius
1.0° Celsius
0.9° Celsius
0.6° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
N 22
N 28
NNW 28
NNW 28
NNW 34
NNW 27
N 24
N 27
NNW 27
N 24
N 26
NNW 28
NNW 24
NNW 25
NNW 24
NNW 27
NNW 25
N 25
Wind gust 29 knots 38 knots 36 knots 36 knots 43 knots 35 knots 33 knots 36 knots 36 knots 33 knots 32 knots 41 knots 31 knots 33 knots 34 knots 34 knots 35 knots 31 knots
Visibility 15 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 20 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 28 nautical miles 26 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 25 nautical miles 16 nautical miles
Humidity 86% 82% 82% 76% 82% 75% 75% 67% 67% 75% 79% 75% 60% 54% 61% 62% 62% 71%
Pressure 1,008 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals
Dew point temperature -0.6° Celsius -1.2° Celsius -1.4° Celsius -2.0° Celsius -2.8° Celsius -2.8° Celsius -2.6° Celsius -4.0° Celsius -4.3° Celsius -2.8° Celsius -2.5° Celsius -4.0° Celsius -5.8° Celsius -7.2° Celsius -5.7° Celsius -5.5° Celsius -5.6° Celsius -4.0° Celsius

Sunday (4 January 2026)

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 Fog Light rain Heavy snow Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Heavy rain Sunny intervals Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Light rain Light rain Light snow
Temperature
-0.5° Celsius
-0.7° Celsius
0.3° Celsius
-2.0° Celsius
0.1° Celsius
-0.3° Celsius
-1.0° Celsius
-0.4° Celsius
0.2° Celsius
0.3° Celsius
-0.1° Celsius
0.8° Celsius
-0.2° Celsius
-0.3° Celsius
0.3° Celsius
0.8° Celsius
0.3° Celsius
0.6° Celsius
0.7° Celsius
0.7° Celsius
1.8° Celsius
0.8° Celsius
-1.2° Celsius
1.1° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 19
NNW 22
NW 17
NNW 27
NNW 24
N 18
NNW 16
NW 20
N 26
NNW 21
NW 14
NW 18
NNW 23
N 22
N 21
N 16
NNW 12
NNW 22
NNW 22
NNW 8
NNE 13
NNE 6
W 4
NNE 15
Wind gust 28 knots 29 knots 25 knots 38 knots 35 knots 27 knots 27 knots 27 knots 33 knots 26 knots 20 knots 26 knots 33 knots 28 knots 27 knots 21 knots 16 knots 28 knots 27 knots 10 knots 19 knots 8 knots 6 knots 27 knots
Visibility 16 nautical miles 24 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 20 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles 31 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 25 nautical miles 31 nautical miles 24 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 1 nautical miles 35 nautical miles 40 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 37 nautical miles 38 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 30 nautical miles 4 nautical miles
Humidity 81% 84% 74% 91% 79% 77% 78% 77% 76% 69% 68% 70% 90% 91% 89% 80% 80% 88% 87% 90% 79% 85% 91% 89%
Pressure 1,009 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals
Dew point temperature -3.3° Celsius -3.0° Celsius -3.8° Celsius -3.3° Celsius -3.1° Celsius -3.8° Celsius -4.3° Celsius -4.0° Celsius -3.6° Celsius -4.8° Celsius -5.3° Celsius -4.2° Celsius -1.6° Celsius -1.6° Celsius -1.4° Celsius -2.4° Celsius -2.8° Celsius -1.2° Celsius -1.2° Celsius -0.9° Celsius -1.5° Celsius -1.4° Celsius -2.4° Celsius -0.6° Celsius

Monday (5 January 2026)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Light snow Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night)
Temperature
-0.3° Celsius
-0.0° Celsius
0.9° Celsius
1.0° Celsius
0.7° Celsius
0.7° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
WNW 4
NW 9
NW 13
NNW 17
NNW 17
N 25
Wind gust 5 knots 11 knots 19 knots 21 knots 22 knots 33 knots
Visibility 37 nautical miles 40 nautical miles 33 nautical miles 40 nautical miles 39 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles
Humidity 92% 90% 91% 81% 92% 93%
Pressure 1,010 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,011 hectopascals 1,012 hectopascals
Dew point temperature -1.4° Celsius -1.6° Celsius -0.3° Celsius -1.9° Celsius -0.4° Celsius -0.3° Celsius

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