Coast and sea
Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport
- Location 58.954, -2.9
- Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
Monday (30 June 2025)
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| Temperature |
17.1° Celsius
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16.7° Celsius
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17.3° Celsius
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17.9° Celsius
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16.0° Celsius
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15.8° Celsius
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15.2° Celsius
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13.1° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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12.1° Celsius
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12.1° Celsius
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11.7° Celsius
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11.3° Celsius
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11.3° Celsius
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10.5° Celsius
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10.6° Celsius
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10.5° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
S
8
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S
9
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S
6
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W
3
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4
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WSW
6
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W
7
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W
7
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W
7
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W
8
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6
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W
6
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W
7
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W
5
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W
4
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WSW
4
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WSW
3
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| Wind gust | 12 knots | 12 knots | 9 knots | 5 knots | 6 knots | 8 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 11 knots | 9 knots | 7 knots | 10 knots | 7 knots | 6 knots | 5 knots | 3 knots |
| Visibility | 17 nautical miles | 12 nautical miles | 10 nautical miles | 14 nautical miles | 9 nautical miles | 11 nautical miles | 14 nautical miles | 3 nautical miles | 1 nautical miles | 2 nautical miles | 5 nautical miles | 5 nautical miles | 3 nautical miles | 4 nautical miles | 3 nautical miles | 3 nautical miles | 4 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 83% | 85% | 87% | 88% | 82% | 83% | 76% | 89% | 92% | 92% | 93% | 96% | 95% | 97% | 95% | 97% | 97% |
| Pressure | 1,011 hectopascals | 1,011 hectopascals | 1,011 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,011 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,012 hectopascals | 1,013 hectopascals | 1,013 hectopascals | 1,013 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 14.2° Celsius | 14.1° Celsius | 15.1° Celsius | 15.8° Celsius | 12.9° Celsius | 12.9° Celsius | 10.9° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 11.3° Celsius | 10.8° Celsius | 11.1° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 10.6° Celsius | 10.8° Celsius | 9.8° Celsius | 10.2° Celsius | 10.0° Celsius |
Tuesday (1 July 2025)
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| Temperature |
10.8° Celsius
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10.9° Celsius
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10.7° Celsius
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10.8° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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12.3° Celsius
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12.5° Celsius
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13.4° Celsius
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14.0° Celsius
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15.2° Celsius
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15.7° Celsius
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15.8° Celsius
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16.5° Celsius
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16.5° Celsius
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15.5° Celsius
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16.2° Celsius
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16.3° Celsius
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14.3° Celsius
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13.5° Celsius
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13.6° Celsius
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12.4° Celsius
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12.1° Celsius
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11.6° Celsius
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10.9° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
WSW
5
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WSW
5
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WSW
6
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WSW
5
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3
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WSW
5
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5
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6
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6
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WSW
6
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WSW
6
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WSW
6
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6
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WNW
4
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3
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3
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SW
4
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SW
4
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SSW
4
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SW
4
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SW
3
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SSW
3
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S
3
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S
4
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| Wind gust | 6 knots | 6 knots | 8 knots | 8 knots | 6 knots | 8 knots | 8 knots | 8 knots | 8 knots | 9 knots | 7 knots | 8 knots | 8 knots | 6 knots | 5 knots | 4 knots | 6 knots | 6 knots | 5 knots | 4 knots | 3 knots | 3 knots | 4 knots | 5 knots |
| Visibility | 4 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles | 15 nautical miles | 13 nautical miles | 10 nautical miles | 12 nautical miles | 15 nautical miles | 18 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 32 nautical miles | 25 nautical miles | 38 nautical miles | 22 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 34 nautical miles | 31 nautical miles | 27 nautical miles | 27 nautical miles | 26 nautical miles | 24 nautical miles | 27 nautical miles | 24 nautical miles | 24 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 97% | 97% | 96% | 95% | 94% | 92% | 86% | 82% | 76% | 66% | 63% | 58% | 53% | 54% | 59% | 56% | 61% | 70% | 70% | 73% | 84% | 83% | 87% | 86% |
| Pressure | 1,013 hectopascals | 1,014 hectopascals | 1,014 hectopascals | 1,014 hectopascals | 1,015 hectopascals | 1,015 hectopascals | 1,016 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,017 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,019 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 10.3° Celsius | 10.4° Celsius | 10.1° Celsius | 10.0° Celsius | 10.3° Celsius | 11.0° Celsius | 10.3° Celsius | 10.4° Celsius | 9.8° Celsius | 9.0° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius | 7.5° Celsius | 6.9° Celsius | 7.3° Celsius | 7.5° Celsius | 7.5° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 9.8° Celsius | 9.2° Celsius | 9.5° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius |
Wednesday (2 July 2025)
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11.7° Celsius
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11.6° Celsius
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10.2° Celsius
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9.8° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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11.6° Celsius
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11.9° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
SSW
4
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SSW
3
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SSW
3
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S
5
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4
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1
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W
0
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| Wind gust | 4 knots | 4 knots | 4 knots | 5 knots | 5 knots | 2 knots | 1 knots |
| Visibility | 25 nautical miles | 23 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles | 18 nautical miles | 18 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 86% | 88% | 94% | 95% | 95% | 94% | 92% |
| Pressure | 1,019 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals | 1,018 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 9.4° Celsius | 9.8° Celsius | 9.3° Celsius | 9.0° Celsius | 10.7° Celsius | 10.7° Celsius | 10.7° Celsius |
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