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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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Thursday (1 January 2026)

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 Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Sunny intervals Clear night Light rain Light rain Drizzle Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain
Temperature
1.8° Celsius
0.9° Celsius
1.3° Celsius
1.7° Celsius
2.3° Celsius
1.3° Celsius
1.4° Celsius
1.5° Celsius
0.8° Celsius
0.9° Celsius
1.2° Celsius
1.4° Celsius
1.3° Celsius
1.3° Celsius
-0.3° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 24
NNW 22
NNW 19
N 25
NNW 24
NNW 22
NNW 23
NNW 26
NNW 16
NNW 20
N 27
N 18
NNW 20
NNW 24
NNW 21
Wind gust 34 knots 28 knots 25 knots 35 knots 33 knots 30 knots 32 knots 39 knots 24 knots 28 knots 36 knots 24 knots 26 knots 33 knots 30 knots
Visibility 12 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 3 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 5 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 11 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles
Humidity 87% 91% 89% 82% 73% 79% 74% 74% 87% 75% 82% 74% 76% 71% 93%
Pressure 1,002 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals 1,001 hectopascals
Dew point temperature -0.1° Celsius -0.4° Celsius -0.4° Celsius -1.1° Celsius -2.0° Celsius -1.9° Celsius -2.8° Celsius -2.7° Celsius -1.2° Celsius -3.0° Celsius -1.5° Celsius -2.8° Celsius -2.4° Celsius -3.4° Celsius -1.2° Celsius

Friday (2 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 Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Heavy rain Light rain Light snow Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Heavy snow Heavy snow Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Sunny intervals Light rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy snow Light rain Heavy rain Light rain
Temperature
1.1° Celsius
1.3° Celsius
0.5° Celsius
1.3° Celsius
0.5° Celsius
1.8° Celsius
0.5° Celsius
1.2° Celsius
0.0° Celsius
0.6° Celsius
0.2° Celsius
0.1° Celsius
0.2° Celsius
0.3° Celsius
0.8° Celsius
0.8° Celsius
0.1° Celsius
-0.5° Celsius
-0.8° Celsius
-0.4° Celsius
-1.2° Celsius
0.8° Celsius
-0.0° Celsius
-0.6° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
NNW 15
NNW 17
NNW 24
NNW 31
NNW 21
N 16
E 11
NNE 12
WNW 9
NNW 11
NNW 9
NW 9
WNW 7
NNW 16
NNW 17
N 18
N 26
N 27
NNW 26
NNW 16
N 28
N 20
N 18
NNW 20
Wind gust 25 knots 27 knots 44 knots 43 knots 27 knots 23 knots 17 knots 17 knots 11 knots 18 knots 15 knots 10 knots 10 knots 24 knots 24 knots 23 knots 33 knots 42 knots 35 knots 22 knots 39 knots 25 knots 27 knots 32 knots
Visibility 6 nautical miles 9 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles 3 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 3 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 6 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 13 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles
Humidity 80% 76% 82% 86% 94% 93% 94% 89% 96% 98% 98% 98% 99% 99% 89% 90% 87% 89% 89% 88% 99% 83% 89% 89%
Pressure 1,001 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 999 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,000 hectopascals 1,002 hectopascals 1,003 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,007 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,005 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals
Dew point temperature -2.0° Celsius -2.5° Celsius -2.2° Celsius -0.8° Celsius -0.3° Celsius 0.7° Celsius -0.4° Celsius -0.4° Celsius -0.6° Celsius 0.2° Celsius -0.0° Celsius -0.1° Celsius 0.0° Celsius 0.1° Celsius -0.8° Celsius -0.6° Celsius -1.8° Celsius -2.1° Celsius -2.4° Celsius -2.1° Celsius -1.4° Celsius -1.8° Celsius -1.6° Celsius -2.2° Celsius

Saturday (3 January 2026)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Partly cloudy (night) Light rain Heavy rain Light rain Heavy rain Cloudy Light rain
Temperature
-1.1° Celsius
1.0° Celsius
1.7° Celsius
0.6° Celsius
-0.2° Celsius
0.5° Celsius
-0.2° Celsius
0.6° Celsius
1.0° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
NW 10
NNW 18
N 20
N 23
NNE 20
NNW 19
N 25
N 14
N 22
Wind gust 13 knots 23 knots 28 knots 30 knots 24 knots 26 knots 31 knots 25 knots 29 knots
Visibility 14 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 3 nautical miles 2 nautical miles 7 nautical miles < 1 nautical miles 11 nautical miles 11 nautical miles
Humidity 83% 84% 81% 91% 100% 98% 99% 97% 87%
Pressure 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,006 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,008 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals 1,009 hectopascals 1,010 hectopascals
Dew point temperature -3.7° Celsius -1.4° Celsius -1.3° Celsius -0.6° Celsius -0.3° Celsius 0.3° Celsius -0.4° Celsius 0.3° Celsius -0.9° Celsius

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