Coast and sea
Marine observations - Kirkwall Airport
- Location 58.954, -2.9
- Altitude 26 m above mean sea level
Wednesday (29 October 2025)
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| Temperature |
6.5° Celsius
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6.5° Celsius
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6.6° Celsius
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8.6° Celsius
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8.5° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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8.3° Celsius
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8.3° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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8.0° Celsius
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7.8° Celsius
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7.8° Celsius
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7.6° Celsius
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6.0° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
NE
18
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ENE
15
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NE
6
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N
13
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N
22
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NNE
22
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NNE
20
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NNE
20
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NNE
21
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NNE
18
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N
16
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N
15
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NNE
15
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NE
7
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| Wind gust | 25 knots | 21 knots | 8 knots | 23 knots | 27 knots | 27 knots | 25 knots | 25 knots | 27 knots | 21 knots | 19 knots | 19 knots | 19 knots | 12 knots |
| Visibility | 3 nautical miles | 3 nautical miles | 17 nautical miles | 37 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 32 nautical miles | 35 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 33 nautical miles | 30 nautical miles | 36 nautical miles | 37 nautical miles | 37 nautical miles | 34 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 92% | 94% | 94% | 80% | 82% | 78% | 76% | 76% | 77% | 78% | 80% | 76% | 78% | 86% |
| Pressure | 989 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 994 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 995 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals | 997 hectopascals | 998 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 5.4° Celsius | 5.6° Celsius | 5.8° Celsius | 5.4° Celsius | 5.5° Celsius | 4.5° Celsius | 4.3° Celsius | 4.3° Celsius | 4.2° Celsius | 4.4° Celsius | 4.5° Celsius | 3.9° Celsius | 3.9° Celsius | 3.8° Celsius |
Thursday (30 October 2025)
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7.6° Celsius
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7.1° Celsius
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7.5° Celsius
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7.0° Celsius
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6.9° Celsius
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5.4° Celsius
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5.3° Celsius
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3.6° Celsius
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5.7° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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8.7° Celsius
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8.4° Celsius
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9.0° Celsius
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8.4° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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8.0° Celsius
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8.7° Celsius
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9.2° Celsius
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9.5° Celsius
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9.7° Celsius
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9.9° Celsius
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9.3° Celsius
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9.5° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
NNE
12
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NNE
16
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NNE
12
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N
14
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NE
8
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NE
9
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NE
9
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ENE
8
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ENE
7
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ENE
7
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E
7
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E
7
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E
9
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E
10
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E
12
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ESE
15
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ESE
16
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ESE
20
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ESE
22
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ESE
22
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SE
26
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SE
26
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ESE
24
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SE
28
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| Wind gust | 16 knots | 19 knots | 16 knots | 17 knots | 14 knots | 16 knots | 12 knots | 10 knots | 10 knots | 12 knots | 12 knots | 10 knots | 12 knots | 14 knots | 16 knots | 19 knots | 21 knots | 27 knots | 31 knots | 31 knots | 33 knots | 35 knots | 35 knots | 39 knots |
| Visibility | 40 nautical miles | 40 nautical miles | 38 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 30 nautical miles | 30 nautical miles | 33 nautical miles | 35 nautical miles | 33 nautical miles | 40 nautical miles | 38 nautical miles | 39 nautical miles | 34 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 29 nautical miles | 30 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 30 nautical miles | 28 nautical miles | 23 nautical miles | 19 nautical miles | 19 nautical miles | 14 nautical miles | 13 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 77% | 78% | 75% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 78% | 79% | 75% | 70% | 63% | 67% | 67% | 71% | 72% | 72% | 76% | 75% | 73% | 75% | 76% | 74% | 83% | 83% |
| Pressure | 998 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 1,000 hectopascals | 1,001 hectopascals | 1,002 hectopascals | 1,002 hectopascals | 1,003 hectopascals | 1,004 hectopascals | 1,004 hectopascals | 1,004 hectopascals | 1,004 hectopascals | 1,004 hectopascals | 1,004 hectopascals | 1,003 hectopascals | 1,003 hectopascals | 1,002 hectopascals | 1,002 hectopascals | 1,001 hectopascals | 1,001 hectopascals | 999 hectopascals | 998 hectopascals | 997 hectopascals | 996 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 3.9° Celsius | 3.5° Celsius | 3.3° Celsius | 3.8° Celsius | 3.8° Celsius | 2.2° Celsius | 1.8° Celsius | 0.4° Celsius | 1.7° Celsius | 2.9° Celsius | 2.0° Celsius | 2.6° Celsius | 3.2° Celsius | 3.5° Celsius | 3.3° Celsius | 3.5° Celsius | 4.0° Celsius | 4.4° Celsius | 4.6° Celsius | 5.3° Celsius | 5.6° Celsius | 5.5° Celsius | 6.5° Celsius | 6.8° Celsius |
Friday (31 October 2025)
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9.9° Celsius
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10.0° Celsius
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10.1° Celsius
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10.5° Celsius
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11.1° Celsius
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11.3° Celsius
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11.0° Celsius
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11.3° Celsius
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11.7° Celsius
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11.5° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
ESE
27
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SE
30
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SE
29
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SE
29
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SE
25
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SSE
25
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SSE
22
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SSE
20
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SSE
20
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SSE
19
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| Wind gust | 39 knots | 39 knots | 43 knots | 39 knots | 33 knots | 33 knots | 31 knots | 27 knots | 27 knots | 27 knots |
| Visibility | 10 nautical miles | 4 nautical miles | 1 nautical miles | 3 nautical miles | 5 nautical miles | 7 nautical miles | 7 nautical miles | 7 nautical miles | 8 nautical miles | 10 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 84% | 91% | 92% | 94% | 96% | 93% | 92% | 91% | 90% | 89% |
| Pressure | 995 hectopascals | 993 hectopascals | 992 hectopascals | 991 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals | 990 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 7.3° Celsius | 8.5° Celsius | 8.9° Celsius | 9.6° Celsius | 10.4° Celsius | 10.2° Celsius | 9.8° Celsius | 9.9° Celsius | 10.2° Celsius | 9.7° Celsius |
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