Coast and sea
Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport
- Location 58.954, -2.9
- Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
Monday (1 September 2025)
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| Temperature |
16.2° Celsius
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16.4° Celsius
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16.9° Celsius
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17.0° Celsius
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17.4° Celsius
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16.1° Celsius
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15.7° Celsius
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14.9° Celsius
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15.0° Celsius
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14.7° Celsius
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14.4° Celsius
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14.5° Celsius
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14.3° Celsius
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14.2° Celsius
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14.1° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
SSE
11
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SSE
12
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SSE
13
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SSE
12
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SSE
10
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SSE
9
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SE
9
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SE
8
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SSE
7
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SSE
8
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SSE
8
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S
8
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S
8
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S
7
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S
8
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| Wind gust | 16 knots | 16 knots | 17 knots | 16 knots | 13 knots | 12 knots | 12 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 11 knots | 10 knots | 11 knots | 11 knots | 9 knots | 10 knots |
| Visibility | 11 nautical miles | 11 nautical miles | 12 nautical miles | 11 nautical miles | 11 nautical miles | 11 nautical miles | 8 nautical miles | 7 nautical miles | 8 nautical miles | 9 nautical miles | 15 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles | 16 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles | 21 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 84% | 82% | 81% | 80% | 79% | 84% | 87% | 95% | 92% | 92% | 89% | 85% | 87% | 87% | 86% |
| Pressure | 991 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 13.5° Celsius | 13.3° Celsius | 13.6° Celsius | 13.5° Celsius | 13.8° Celsius | 13.3° Celsius | 13.5° Celsius | 14.0° Celsius | 13.8° Celsius | 13.4° Celsius | 12.6° Celsius | 12.1° Celsius | 12.3° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius |
Tuesday (2 September 2025)
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13.9° Celsius
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13.8° Celsius
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13.5° Celsius
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13.3° Celsius
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13.0° Celsius
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13.6° Celsius
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13.9° Celsius
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14.8° Celsius
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14.7° Celsius
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16.4° Celsius
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17.1° Celsius
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17.7° Celsius
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17.4° Celsius
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16.4° Celsius
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16.7° Celsius
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17.1° Celsius
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15.3° Celsius
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14.4° Celsius
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13.2° Celsius
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13.1° Celsius
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12.0° Celsius
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12.7° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S
8
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S
8
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S
7
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S
8
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S
8
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SSW
7
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SSW
7
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SSW
7
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SSW
6
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S
7
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S
8
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SSW
7
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S
6
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SSE
6
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S
7
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SSE
8
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SSE
8
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SSE
5
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S
4
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S
5
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S
5
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S
5
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S
5
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SSW
4
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| Wind gust | 11 knots | 11 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 9 knots | 9 knots | 10 knots | 8 knots | 9 knots | 10 knots | 9 knots | 8 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 11 knots | 10 knots | 7 knots | 5 knots | 6 knots | 6 knots | 5 knots | 5 knots | 6 knots |
| Visibility | 20 nautical miles | 24 nautical miles | 23 nautical miles | 26 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 31 nautical miles | 26 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 36 nautical miles | 38 nautical miles | 32 nautical miles | 32 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 30 nautical miles | 31 nautical miles | 23 nautical miles | 22 nautical miles | 25 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 26 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 34 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 88% | 88% | 90% | 88% | 89% | 88% | 86% | 80% | 82% | 76% | 70% | 72% | 69% | 87% | 73% | 72% | 75% | 84% | 90% | 88% | 92% | 95% | 93% | 90% |
| Pressure | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 11.9° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 11.5° Celsius | 11.4° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 12.3° Celsius | 11.6° Celsius | 12.6° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 14.3° Celsius | 11.9° Celsius | 12.0° Celsius | 10.9° Celsius | 11.7° Celsius | 11.5° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 10.8° Celsius | 11.8° Celsius | 11.4° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius |
Wednesday (3 September 2025)
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12.0° Celsius
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11.9° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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10.1° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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10.4° Celsius
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12.7° Celsius
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13.8° Celsius
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13.5° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S
4
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S
4
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S
4
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3
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4
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SE
4
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ESE
3
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ESE
3
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SE
3
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| Wind gust | 5 knots | 5 knots | 5 knots | 4 knots | 4 knots | 4 knots | 4 knots | 4 knots | 4 knots |
| Visibility | 33 nautical miles | 19 nautical miles | 23 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 18 nautical miles | 25 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 25 nautical miles | 21 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 94% | 95% | 92% | 95% | 98% | 98% | 99% | 92% | 92% |
| Pressure | 996 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 11.0° Celsius | 11.2° Celsius | 9.9° Celsius | 9.3° Celsius | 10.7° Celsius | 10.0° Celsius | 12.4° Celsius | 12.5° Celsius | 12.3° Celsius |
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