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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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Monday (1 September 2025)

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 Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Clear night Clear night
Temperature
14.7° Celsius
15.5° Celsius
16.1° Celsius
16.8° Celsius
17.1° Celsius
16.7° Celsius
15.7° Celsius
16.1° Celsius
16.4° Celsius
16.1° Celsius
15.8° Celsius
15.8° Celsius
15.4° Celsius
15.2° Celsius
14.7° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSE 9
SSE 8
SSE 8
SSE 8
SSE 9
SSE 7
SSE 7
SSE 5
S 8
S 7
S 8
S 8
S 9
S 8
SSW 7
Wind gust 13 knots 13 knots 12 knots 12 knots 13 knots 12 knots 9 knots 8 knots 12 knots 12 knots 12 knots 13 knots 13 knots 13 knots 11 knots
Visibility 7 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 9 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 8 nautical miles 10 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 12 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 14 nautical miles
Humidity 87% 84% 82% 78% 75% 76% 88% 81% 76% 76% 77% 77% 76% 75% 81%
Pressure 991 hectopascals 991 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 990 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 12.6° Celsius 12.8° Celsius 13.0° Celsius 12.8° Celsius 12.6° Celsius 12.5° Celsius 13.8° Celsius 12.9° Celsius 12.1° Celsius 11.8° Celsius 11.8° Celsius 11.8° Celsius 11.3° Celsius 10.9° Celsius 11.5° Celsius

Tuesday (2 September 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 Clear night Clear night Cloudy Clear night Overcast Overcast Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy (night) Partly cloudy (night) Overcast Light rain
Temperature
14.4° Celsius
14.1° Celsius
13.8° Celsius
13.6° Celsius
13.7° Celsius
13.8° Celsius
14.0° Celsius
14.5° Celsius
16.5° Celsius
15.6° Celsius
16.9° Celsius
17.6° Celsius
18.1° Celsius
17.4° Celsius
17.2° Celsius
16.8° Celsius
16.6° Celsius
15.9° Celsius
15.5° Celsius
14.6° Celsius
13.9° Celsius
14.3° Celsius
14.0° Celsius
13.8° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 9
SSW 9
SSW 7
SSW 6
SSW 6
SSW 7
SSW 7
SSW 6
SSW 7
SSW 8
SSW 9
SSW 9
SSW 9
S 7
S 5
S 5
S 5
S 5
SSW 5
SSW 4
SSW 3
SSW 4
SSW 3
SW 2
Wind gust 12 knots 12 knots 9 knots 8 knots 8 knots 9 knots 9 knots 8 knots 10 knots 11 knots 11 knots 14 knots 13 knots 11 knots 9 knots 8 knots 8 knots 7 knots 6 knots 6 knots 4 knots 6 knots 5 knots 3 knots
Visibility 15 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 14 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 13 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 21 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 15 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 20 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 16 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 17 nautical miles
Humidity 82% 85% 86% 84% 88% 87% 88% 84% 75% 77% 69% 63% 57% 67% 67% 68% 68% 72% 75% 79% 82% 82% 82% 82%
Pressure 990 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 991 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 992 hectopascals 993 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 11.3° Celsius 11.6° Celsius 11.5° Celsius 11.0° Celsius 11.7° Celsius 11.6° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 11.9° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 11.7° Celsius 11.2° Celsius 10.5° Celsius 9.6° Celsius 11.3° Celsius 11.1° Celsius 10.8° Celsius 10.7° Celsius 10.9° Celsius 11.1° Celsius 11.1° Celsius 10.9° Celsius 11.2° Celsius 10.9° Celsius 10.8° Celsius

Wednesday (3 September 2025)

00:00 01:00 02:00 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00
Weather
Weather Symbol Overcast Overcast Cloudy Clear night Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Light rain Light rain
Temperature
13.2° Celsius
12.9° Celsius
11.8° Celsius
12.8° Celsius
12.1° Celsius
12.8° Celsius
13.3° Celsius
13.8° Celsius
14.0° Celsius
Wind Direction and speed
SSW 3
S 3
WSW 1
S 3
SSE 2
SE 3
ESE 2
SE 3
ESE 3
Wind gust 4 knots 5 knots 2 knots 4 knots 3 knots 4 knots 3 knots 4 knots 4 knots
Visibility 18 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 19 nautical miles 18 nautical miles 17 nautical miles 7 nautical miles 12 nautical miles
Humidity 84% 84% 86% 86% 85% 88% 87% 89% 94%
Pressure 996 hectopascals 996 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 995 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals 994 hectopascals
Dew point temperature 10.5° Celsius 10.3° Celsius 9.6° Celsius 10.5° Celsius 9.6° Celsius 10.8° Celsius 11.1° Celsius 12.0° Celsius 13.0° Celsius

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