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Marine observations - Wick John O Groats Airport

  • Location 58.454, -3.089
  • Altitude 36 m above mean sea level
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Sunday (2 November 2025)

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 Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Overcast Drizzle Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Overcast
Temperature
8.7° Celsius
8.8° Celsius
9.0° Celsius
9.2° Celsius
9.7° Celsius
10.1° Celsius
10.4° Celsius
9.8° Celsius
9.8° Celsius
9.1° Celsius
8.5° Celsius
8.3° Celsius
8.1° Celsius
8.3° Celsius
8.4° Celsius
8.2° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
S 17
SSW 18
SSW 19
SSW 21
SSW 22
SSW 18
SW 17
SW 17
SW 21
WSW 22
SW 17
SSW 13
SSW 10
SSW 12
SSW 12
SSW 11
Wind gust 25 knots 27 knots 29 knots 31 knots 31 knots 27 knots 25 knots 23 knots 27 knots 29 knots 25 knots 19 knots 14 knots 17 knots 17 knots 16 knots
Visibility 20 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 22 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 13 nautical miles
Humidity 72% 73% 73% 75% 74% 77% 78% 78% 74% 72% 75% 75% 76% 81% 83% 83%
Pressure 992 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 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
Dew point temperature 3.9° Celsius 4.2° Celsius 4.4° Celsius 4.9° Celsius 5.4° Celsius 6.2° Celsius 6.7° Celsius 6.1° Celsius 5.4° Celsius 4.3° Celsius 4.4° Celsius 4.2° Celsius 4.1° Celsius 5.2° Celsius 5.7° Celsius 5.5° Celsius

Monday (3 November 2025)

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 Cloudy Overcast Light rain Cloudy Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Clear night
Temperature
9.6° Celsius
9.9° Celsius
10.0° Celsius
10.1° Celsius
10.1° Celsius
10.8° Celsius
10.4° Celsius
10.6° Celsius
11.1° Celsius
11.6° Celsius
13.1° Celsius
13.3° Celsius
13.1° Celsius
13.8° Celsius
13.0° Celsius
12.9° Celsius
12.8° Celsius
13.2° Celsius
14.0° Celsius
13.4° Celsius
12.6° Celsius
12.0° Celsius
11.7° Celsius
11.6° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 12
S 13
S 13
S 15
S 15
S 15
S 13
S 15
S 17
S 15
SSW 15
SSW 14
S 12
SSW 12
S 9
SSW 9
S 10
S 12
S 10
SSW 13
SSW 13
SW 8
S 10
SSW 10
Wind gust 19 knots 23 knots 21 knots 23 knots 23 knots 19 knots 23 knots 23 knots 25 knots 23 knots 19 knots 19 knots 17 knots 17 knots 14 knots 14 knots 16 knots 19 knots 16 knots 19 knots 19 knots 12 knots 16 knots 14 knots
Visibility 13 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 4 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 20 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 18 nautical miles
Humidity 81% 78% 79% 84% 86% 87% 91% 93% 90% 88% 83% 87% 90% 86% 87% 88% 91% 86% 82% 88% 92% 83% 88% 89%
Pressure 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 988 hectopascals 988 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 988 hectopascals 988 hectopascals 987 hectopascals 988 hectopascals 988 hectopascals 988 hectopascals 989 hectopascals 989 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 6.6° Celsius 6.3° Celsius 6.6° Celsius 7.5° Celsius 7.8° Celsius 8.7° Celsius 9.0° Celsius 9.5° Celsius 9.5° Celsius 9.6° Celsius 10.4° Celsius 11.1° Celsius 11.4° Celsius 11.5° Celsius 10.8° Celsius 11.0° Celsius 11.4° Celsius 10.9° Celsius 10.9° Celsius 11.4° Celsius 11.3° Celsius 9.2° Celsius 9.8° Celsius 9.9° Celsius

Tuesday (4 November 2025)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy (night) Clear night Clear night Overcast Cloudy Cloudy
Temperature
11.3° Celsius
10.9° Celsius
11.1° Celsius
11.0° Celsius
11.1° Celsius
10.5° Celsius
10.0° Celsius
10.1° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 13
S 9
SW 13
SW 11
SW 12
S 8
SSW 7
S 6
Wind gust 17 knots 16 knots 16 knots 19 knots 17 knots 12 knots 10 knots 8 knots
Visibility 14 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 11 nautical miles
Humidity 87% 88% 79% 80% 82% 86% 84% 83%
Pressure 990 hectopascals 990 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 994 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 9.2° Celsius 9.1° Celsius 7.6° Celsius 7.8° Celsius 8.0° Celsius 8.2° Celsius 7.4° Celsius 7.4° Celsius

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