Coast and sea
Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport
- Location 58.954, -2.9
- Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
Sunday (2 November 2025)
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| Temperature |
6.8° Celsius
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8.2° Celsius
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8.6° Celsius
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8.5° Celsius
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8.5° Celsius
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9.1° Celsius
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9.4° Celsius
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9.4° Celsius
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8.9° Celsius
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9.1° Celsius
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9.7° Celsius
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8.8° Celsius
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8.8° Celsius
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8.3° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S
11
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S
17
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S
20
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S
21
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S
19
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S
22
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SSW
25
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SW
23
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SSW
24
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SW
24
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SW
23
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SW
20
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SSW
20
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SSW
17
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SSW
17
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SSW
15
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| Wind gust | 19 knots | 25 knots | 29 knots | 27 knots | 29 knots | 31 knots | 33 knots | 33 knots | 31 knots | 31 knots | 31 knots | 25 knots | 25 knots | 21 knots | 21 knots | 19 knots |
| Visibility | 8 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 30 nautical miles | 21 nautical miles | 25 nautical miles | 16 nautical miles | 7 nautical miles | 12 nautical miles | 1 nautical miles | 1 nautical miles | 7 nautical miles | 13 nautical miles | 15 nautical miles | 15 nautical miles | 18 nautical miles | 19 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 89% | 84% | 81% | 84% | 90% | 88% | 90% | 91% | 93% | 93% | 91% | 91% | 87% | 90% | 88% | 85% |
| Pressure | 991 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 5.0° Celsius | 5.7° Celsius | 5.6° Celsius | 6.0° Celsius | 7.0° Celsius | 7.1° Celsius | 7.8° Celsius | 8.0° Celsius | 7.9° Celsius | 8.0° Celsius | 8.3° Celsius | 7.5° Celsius | 6.7° Celsius | 6.8° Celsius | 6.2° Celsius | 5.7° Celsius |
Monday (3 November 2025)
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| Temperature |
8.0° Celsius
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8.9° Celsius
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9.3° Celsius
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9.4° Celsius
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9.6° Celsius
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10.1° Celsius
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10.4° Celsius
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10.1° Celsius
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10.5° Celsius
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11.2° Celsius
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11.8° Celsius
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13.2° Celsius
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13.8° Celsius
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13.0° Celsius
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13.0° Celsius
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12.8° Celsius
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12.3° Celsius
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12.5° Celsius
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12.5° Celsius
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13.1° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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12.0° Celsius
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11.0° Celsius
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10.5° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S
14
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13
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12
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12
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15
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16
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17
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S
14
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SSE
13
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S
17
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S
17
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SSW
16
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SSW
18
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S
15
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S
14
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S
11
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S
15
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S
13
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S
11
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S
16
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S
14
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S
14
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S
10
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S
12
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| Wind gust | 17 knots | 19 knots | 17 knots | 17 knots | 23 knots | 23 knots | 23 knots | 19 knots | 17 knots | 23 knots | 23 knots | 21 knots | 23 knots | 21 knots | 19 knots | 16 knots | 19 knots | 17 knots | 16 knots | 23 knots | 17 knots | 17 knots | 14 knots | 16 knots |
| Visibility | 18 nautical miles | 16 nautical miles | 21 nautical miles | 11 nautical miles | 6 nautical miles | 14 nautical miles | 15 nautical miles | 8 nautical miles | 3 nautical miles | 10 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 5 nautical miles | 40 nautical miles | 31 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 24 nautical miles | 5 nautical miles | 14 nautical miles | 10 nautical miles | 16 nautical miles | 33 nautical miles | 31 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 21 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 88% | 89% | 88% | 92% | 94% | 92% | 90% | 95% | 97% | 96% | 92% | 92% | 89% | 91% | 91% | 90% | 92% | 95% | 92% | 93% | 94% | 93% | 93% | 89% |
| Pressure | 994 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 987 hectopascals | 987 hectopascals | 987 hectopascals | 987 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 6.2° Celsius | 7.2° Celsius | 7.3° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 8.9° Celsius | 9.4° Celsius | 10.1° Celsius | 10.5° Celsius | 10.4° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 10.9° Celsius | 9.9° Celsius | 8.7° Celsius |
Tuesday (4 November 2025)
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10.6° Celsius
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10.6° Celsius
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10.7° Celsius
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10.2° Celsius
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10.1° Celsius
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9.9° Celsius
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9.6° Celsius
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9.7° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S
11
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13
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15
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SSW
13
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SSW
13
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SSW
15
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SSW
14
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S
14
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| Wind gust | 16 knots | 17 knots | 21 knots | 17 knots | 17 knots | 19 knots | 19 knots | 17 knots |
| Visibility | 16 nautical miles | 19 nautical miles | 21 nautical miles | 24 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 16 nautical miles | 15 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 92% | 88% | 86% | 87% | 86% | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Pressure | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 9.3° Celsius | 8.7° Celsius | 8.4° Celsius | 8.2° Celsius | 7.8° Celsius | 7.4° Celsius | 6.8° Celsius | 6.7° Celsius |
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