Coast and sea
Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport
- Location 58.954, -2.9
- Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
Friday (13 March 2026)
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| Temperature |
3.9° Celsius
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3.6° Celsius
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4.6° Celsius
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4.2° Celsius
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5.1° Celsius
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4.5° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
WSW
29
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WSW
17
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WSW
19
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W
14
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18
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16
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| Wind gust | 40 knots | 22 knots | 26 knots | 18 knots | 26 knots | 23 knots |
| Visibility | 3 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles | 11 nautical miles | 11 nautical miles | 13 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 88% | 91% | 86% | 92% | 87% | 90% |
| Pressure | 983 hectopascals | 984 hectopascals | 985 hectopascals | 986 hectopascals | 986 hectopascals | 987 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 2.1° Celsius | 2.3° Celsius | 2.4° Celsius | 3.0° Celsius | 3.1° Celsius | 2.9° Celsius |
Saturday (14 March 2026)
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4.8° Celsius
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3.6° Celsius
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4.0° Celsius
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4.0° Celsius
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4.6° Celsius
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3.0° Celsius
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4.6° Celsius
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5.1° Celsius
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5.5° Celsius
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5.5° Celsius
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6.5° Celsius
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6.4° Celsius
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7.4° Celsius
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6.7° Celsius
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7.3° Celsius
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7.0° Celsius
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5.1° Celsius
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5.2° Celsius
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4.5° Celsius
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4.3° Celsius
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2.8° Celsius
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3.4° Celsius
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3.6° Celsius
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3.9° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
W
17
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12
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13
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11
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13
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WSW
9
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WSW
12
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WSW
16
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WSW
17
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WSW
18
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WSW
21
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19
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WSW
19
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WSW
16
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WSW
16
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WSW
16
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WSW
15
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WSW
16
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WSW
15
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SW
14
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SW
13
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SW
13
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S
10
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SSW
11
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| Wind gust | 23 knots | 16 knots | 21 knots | 16 knots | 17 knots | 12 knots | 17 knots | 24 knots | 23 knots | 23 knots | 26 knots | 26 knots | 30 knots | 21 knots | 22 knots | 21 knots | 21 knots | 20 knots | 18 knots | 18 knots | 15 knots | 17 knots | 14 knots | 15 knots |
| Visibility | 15 nautical miles | 13 nautical miles | 25 nautical miles | 13 nautical miles | 16 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles | 16 nautical miles | 9 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 18 nautical miles | 18 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 26 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 38 nautical miles | 26 nautical miles | 27 nautical miles | 24 nautical miles | 21 nautical miles | 22 nautical miles | 37 nautical miles | 22 nautical miles | 23 nautical miles | 31 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 81% | 89% | 79% | 86% | 81% | 86% | 85% | 88% | 81% | 85% | 79% | 81% | 73% | 76% | 70% | 75% | 83% | 80% | 85% | 86% | 87% | 92% | 91% | 88% |
| Pressure | 988 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 997 hectopascals | 997 hectopascals | 998 hectopascals | 998 hectopascals | 998 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 1,000 hectopascals | 1,000 hectopascals | 1,000 hectopascals | 1,000 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 1.9° Celsius | 2.0° Celsius | 0.6° Celsius | 1.9° Celsius | 1.6° Celsius | 0.8° Celsius | 2.4° Celsius | 3.2° Celsius | 2.4° Celsius | 3.3° Celsius | 3.0° Celsius | 3.4° Celsius | 2.8° Celsius | 2.7° Celsius | 2.2° Celsius | 2.9° Celsius | 2.5° Celsius | 2.0° Celsius | 2.2° Celsius | 2.2° Celsius | 0.8° Celsius | 2.2° Celsius | 2.3° Celsius | 2.1° Celsius |
Sunday (15 March 2026)
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4.3° Celsius
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3.9° Celsius
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3.7° Celsius
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4.4° Celsius
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5.0° Celsius
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5.3° Celsius
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5.1° Celsius
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5.6° Celsius
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6.1° Celsius
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6.5° Celsius
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5.8° Celsius
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6.3° Celsius
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6.6° Celsius
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6.7° Celsius
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7.6° Celsius
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7.4° Celsius
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7.0° Celsius
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6.0° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
SSW
12
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S
12
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S
13
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16
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S
18
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S
21
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S
23
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21
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SSW
22
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SSW
19
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SW
15
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SW
16
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SW
18
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WSW
17
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WSW
20
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SW
18
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SW
17
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WSW
19
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| Wind gust | 17 knots | 15 knots | 17 knots | 21 knots | 23 knots | 28 knots | 32 knots | 28 knots | 30 knots | 24 knots | 21 knots | 21 knots | 24 knots | 24 knots | 28 knots | 26 knots | 22 knots | 27 knots |
| Visibility | 32 nautical miles | 35 nautical miles | 35 nautical miles | 36 nautical miles | 30 nautical miles | 14 nautical miles | 4 nautical miles | 23 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 5 nautical miles | 25 nautical miles | 18 nautical miles | 23 nautical miles | 22 nautical miles | 20 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 85% | 87% | 88% | 85% | 85% | 83% | 86% | 86% | 86% | 87% | 94% | 89% | 90% | 78% | 71% | 71% | 73% | 75% |
| Pressure | 998 hectopascals | 998 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 989 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals | 988 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 1.9° Celsius | 1.9° Celsius | 1.9° Celsius | 2.2° Celsius | 2.7° Celsius | 2.6° Celsius | 3.0° Celsius | 3.4° Celsius | 3.9° Celsius | 4.5° Celsius | 4.8° Celsius | 4.6° Celsius | 5.0° Celsius | 3.1° Celsius | 2.8° Celsius | 2.4° Celsius | 2.5° Celsius | 1.9° Celsius |
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