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Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport
- Location 58.954, -2.9
- Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
Monday (27 April 2026)
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9.7° Celsius
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9.3° Celsius
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8.5° Celsius
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8.5° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
NW 4
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NNW 4
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E 3
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NE 2
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ENE 3
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| Wind gust | 6 knots | 6 knots | 4 knots | 3 knots | 3 knots |
| Visibility | 19.3 nautical miles | 22.9 nautical miles | 7.9 nautical miles | 8.1 nautical miles | 7.8 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 91% | 92% | 96% | 98% | 99% |
| Pressure | 1030 hectopascals | 1030 hectopascals | 1030 hectopascals | 1030 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 8.3° Celsius | 8.0° Celsius | 8.0° Celsius | 8.2° Celsius | 7.8° Celsius |
Tuesday (28 April 2026)
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8.1° Celsius
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8.2° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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8.0° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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8.6° Celsius
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9.2° Celsius
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9.7° Celsius
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10.4° Celsius
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10.6° Celsius
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11.6° Celsius
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12.8° Celsius
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12.4° Celsius
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12.9° Celsius
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11.8° Celsius
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11.5° Celsius
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10.5° Celsius
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9.8° Celsius
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8.9° Celsius
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7.6° Celsius
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6.9° Celsius
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6.8° Celsius
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6.1° Celsius
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6.4° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
ESE 3
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W 3
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SSE 4
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SE 4
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S 2
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SE 3
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SSE 3
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SSE 7
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S 9
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S 9
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S 9
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SSE 10
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S 11
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S 12
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SSE 14
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SSE 13
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SSE 13
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S 14
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S 11
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S 10
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S 10
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S 12
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S 12
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S 11
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| Wind gust | 4 knots | 5 knots | 5 knots | 5 knots | 4 knots | 4 knots | 4 knots | 9 knots | 11 knots | 12 knots | 12 knots | 13 knots | 15 knots | 16 knots | 17 knots | 17 knots | 18 knots | 17 knots | 14 knots | 13 knots | 13 knots | 13 knots | 13 knots | 13 knots |
| Visibility | 10.7 nautical miles | 15.1 nautical miles | 4.0 nautical miles | 2.6 nautical miles | 9.7 nautical miles | 8.0 nautical miles | 30.9 nautical miles | 40.5 nautical miles | 38.2 nautical miles | 40.4 nautical miles | 40.5 nautical miles | 13.5 nautical miles | 40.5 nautical miles | 40.5 nautical miles | 40.5 nautical miles | 40.5 nautical miles | 40.5 nautical miles | 29.2 nautical miles | 23.4 nautical miles | 16.2 nautical miles | 17.8 nautical miles | 15.7 nautical miles | 12.7 nautical miles | 10.8 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 91% | 89% | 86% | 77% | 79% | 71% | 74% | 73% | 75% | 76% | 79% | 86% | 93% | 94% | 95% | 95% | 97% |
| Pressure | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 8.0° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius | 8.0° Celsius | 8.0° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 8.4° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius | 8.3° Celsius | 7.7° Celsius | 9.3° Celsius | 7.3° Celsius | 8.4° Celsius | 7.2° Celsius | 7.2° Celsius | 6.4° Celsius | 6.3° Celsius | 6.6° Celsius | 6.6° Celsius | 6.0° Celsius | 6.1° Celsius | 5.4° Celsius | 6.0° Celsius |
Wednesday (29 April 2026)
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6.5° Celsius
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6.5° Celsius
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6.2° Celsius
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6.0° Celsius
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6.2° Celsius
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7.4° Celsius
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8.6° Celsius
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9.9° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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11.6° Celsius
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12.1° Celsius
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11.7° Celsius
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12.7° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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12.2° Celsius
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11.5° Celsius
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10.6° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S 10
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S 9
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S 10
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S 10
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S 13
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S 10
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S 12
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S 12
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SSE 6
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SSE 8
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S 10
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SSE 9
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SSE 8
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SSE 12
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SSE 13
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S 11
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SSE 11
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SE 10
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SE 10
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| Wind gust | 12 knots | 11 knots | 13 knots | 12 knots | 15 knots | 11 knots | 14 knots | 15 knots | 9 knots | 10 knots | 12 knots | 12 knots | 11 knots | 15 knots | 16 knots | 13 knots | 13 knots | 12 knots | 12 knots |
| Visibility | 9.6 nautical miles | 8.1 nautical miles | 7.4 nautical miles | 7.7 nautical miles | 6.9 nautical miles | 10.6 nautical miles | 14.3 nautical miles | 21.2 nautical miles | 23.5 nautical miles | 29.0 nautical miles | 35.0 nautical miles | 15.6 nautical miles | 27.8 nautical miles | 29.5 nautical miles | 20.6 nautical miles | 20.7 nautical miles | 18.6 nautical miles | 18.3 nautical miles | 14.4 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 99% | 95% | 89% | 81% | 73% | 67% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 77% | 74% | 76% | 81% | 85% |
| Pressure | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1030 hectopascals | 1030 hectopascals | 1030 hectopascals | 1029 hectopascals | 1029 hectopascals | 1029 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 6.3° Celsius | 6.4° Celsius | 6.0° Celsius | 5.9° Celsius | 6.1° Celsius | 7.2° Celsius | 7.9° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius | 8.2° Celsius | 7.8° Celsius | 6.7° Celsius | 8.2° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 8.4° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 8.0° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius | 8.4° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius |
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