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Marine observations - Wick John O Groats Airport
- Location 58.454, -3.089
- Altitude 36 m above mean sea level
Sunday (26 April 2026)
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| Temperature |
9.4° Celsius
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9.9° Celsius
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10.0° Celsius
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9.7° Celsius
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10.1° Celsius
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9.8° Celsius
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9.3° Celsius
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9.0° Celsius
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8.7° Celsius
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8.4° Celsius
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8.4° Celsius
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8.7° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
SSE 8
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SE 7
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SE 7
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SSE 5
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SE 5
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S 4
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N 4
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NE 2
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SE 2
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WSW 1
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SSW 4
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SW 3
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| Wind gust | 10 knots | 10 knots | 9 knots | 6 knots | 7 knots | 6 knots | 8 knots | 3 knots | 3 knots | 2 knots | 5 knots | 4 knots |
| Visibility | 21.9 nautical miles | 23.8 nautical miles | 17.3 nautical miles | 14.4 nautical miles | 15.3 nautical miles | 9.0 nautical miles | 7.3 nautical miles | 7.4 nautical miles | 3.7 nautical miles | 3.5 nautical miles | 2.0 nautical miles | 17.0 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 76% | 77% | 79% | 82% | 81% | 86% | 86% | 94% | 96% | 96% | 96% | 84% |
| Pressure | 1022 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1022 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 5.3° Celsius | 6.0° Celsius | 6.4° Celsius | 6.8° Celsius | 6.9° Celsius | 7.6° Celsius | 7.1° Celsius | 8.2° Celsius | 8.0° Celsius | 7.8° Celsius | 7.8° Celsius | 6.2° Celsius |
Monday (27 April 2026)
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| Temperature |
9.3° Celsius
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9.1° Celsius
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9.1° Celsius
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9.7° Celsius
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9.2° Celsius
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8.9° Celsius
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9.7° Celsius
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10.7° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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12.0° Celsius
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12.8° Celsius
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13.3° Celsius
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12.4° Celsius
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12.6° Celsius
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11.7° Celsius
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11.4° Celsius
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10.6° Celsius
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9.6° Celsius
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9.3° Celsius
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9.0° Celsius
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8.8° Celsius
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8.8° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
SSW 4
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WSW 2
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SW 1
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SW 2
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W 3
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W 5
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W 4
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W 3
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WNW 5
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NW 10
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NNW 10
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NW 10
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N 9
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NNW 8
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ENE 9
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N 8
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NE 7
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N 11
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NNW 8
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NNW 7
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NW 5
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WNW 5
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WNW 4
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WNW 4
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| Wind gust | 5 knots | 3 knots | 2 knots | 3 knots | 4 knots | 7 knots | 5 knots | 4 knots | 7 knots | 13 knots | 13 knots | 13 knots | 12 knots | 11 knots | 11 knots | 10 knots | 9 knots | 13 knots | 10 knots | 9 knots | 6 knots | 6 knots | 6 knots | 6 knots |
| Visibility | 13.5 nautical miles | 23.1 nautical miles | 20.2 nautical miles | 19.2 nautical miles | 17.2 nautical miles | 1.8 nautical miles | 23.4 nautical miles | 25.5 nautical miles | 11.6 nautical miles | 35.5 nautical miles | 37.5 nautical miles | 36.3 nautical miles | 30.7 nautical miles | 32.5 nautical miles | 28.1 nautical miles | 35.1 nautical miles | 29.6 nautical miles | 28.0 nautical miles | 27.0 nautical miles | 24.0 nautical miles | 23.6 nautical miles | 18.5 nautical miles | 17.1 nautical miles | 19.4 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 77% | 78% | 82% | 83% | 87% | 96% | 97% | 91% | 89% | 92% | 87% | 84% | 83% | 78% | 80% | 77% | 82% | 84% | 87% | 90% | 92% | 93% | 94% | 95% |
| Pressure | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1023 hectopascals | 1024 hectopascals | 1024 hectopascals | 1025 hectopascals | 1025 hectopascals | 1026 hectopascals | 1026 hectopascals | 1026 hectopascals | 1027 hectopascals | 1027 hectopascals | 1028 hectopascals | 1028 hectopascals | 1028 hectopascals | 1029 hectopascals | 1029 hectopascals | 1030 hectopascals | 1030 hectopascals | 1030 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 5.4° Celsius | 5.5° Celsius | 6.1° Celsius | 6.9° Celsius | 7.1° Celsius | 8.3° Celsius | 9.2° Celsius | 9.4° Celsius | 9.6° Celsius | 10.2° Celsius | 9.3° Celsius | 9.4° Celsius | 9.9° Celsius | 9.5° Celsius | 9.1° Celsius | 8.6° Celsius | 8.7° Celsius | 8.8° Celsius | 8.5° Celsius | 8.0° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius | 7.9° Celsius | 7.9° Celsius | 7.9° Celsius |
Tuesday (28 April 2026)
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8.7° Celsius
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8.3° Celsius
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7.9° Celsius
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7.7° Celsius
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8.1° Celsius
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8.5° Celsius
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9.1° Celsius
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9.6° Celsius
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10.4° Celsius
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10.3° Celsius
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10.8° Celsius
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11.2° Celsius
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| Wind Direction and speed |
W 3
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W 5
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W 2
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WNW No data
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E 2
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ESE 3
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SE 4
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SE 5
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SSE 7
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SSE 8
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S 9
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SSE 9
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| Wind gust | 5 knots | 6 knots | 3 knots | 1 knots | 3 knots | 5 knots | 5 knots | 7 knots | 9 knots | 11 knots | 12 knots | 14 knots |
| Visibility | 17.6 nautical miles | 22.7 nautical miles | 27.7 nautical miles | 27.1 nautical miles | 30.5 nautical miles | 25.9 nautical miles | 19.4 nautical miles | 14.9 nautical miles | 23.4 nautical miles | 12.3 nautical miles | 12.6 nautical miles | 9.6 nautical miles |
| Humidity | 95% | 96% | 96% | 97% | 96% | 95% | 94% | 92% | 86% | 85% | 77% | 81% |
| Pressure | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1031 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals | 1032 hectopascals |
| Dew point temperature | 8.0° Celsius | 7.6° Celsius | 7.3° Celsius | 7.2° Celsius | 7.5° Celsius | 7.8° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius | 8.3° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius | 7.9° Celsius | 7.0° Celsius | 8.1° Celsius |
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