Kirkwall (Orkney Islands) weather

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    8 day forecast for Kirkwall

    Today (23 April 2025)
    Time
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    <5%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    E
    10
    E
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    19
    19
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    84%
    84%
    UV - -
    Thursday (24 April 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    E
    9
    E
    9
    E
    8
    E
    7
    E
    7
    E
    7
    E
    7
    E
    9
    E
    10
    ESE
    11
    ESE
    12
    ESE
    12
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    12
    ESE
    10
    SE
    9
    SE
    9
    SE
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    18
    17
    16
    17
    17
    18
    19
    20
    20
    19
    20
    20
    20
    20
    20
    21
    21
    21
    21
    21
    21
    21
    20
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    83%
    83%
    82%
    82%
    83%
    83%
    82%
    76%
    73%
    68%
    66%
    66%
    65%
    65%
    65%
    65%
    65%
    65%
    66%
    69%
    74%
    77%
    78%
    79%
    UV - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
    Friday (25 April 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Overcast
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SE
    10
    SE
    10
    SE
    10
    SE
    14
    SE
    18
    SE
    20
    SE
    21
    SE
    20
    SSE
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    21
    24
    28
    30
    32
    34
    33
    32
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    79%
    78%
    78%
    74%
    68%
    67%
    69%
    76%
    84%
    UV - - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Saturday (26 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Light shower day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    30%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    30%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    18
    SSE
    18
    SSE
    19
    SSE
    19
    S
    17
    S
    14
    SSE
    12
    S
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    32
    32
    32
    30
    22
    19
    18
    17
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    85%
    87%
    89%
    90%
    90%
    89%
    91%
    94%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Sunday (27 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Cloudy Light shower day Light rain Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    40%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    9
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    16
    S
    18
    S
    17
    S
    16
    SW
    13
    SW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    27
    31
    31
    24
    24
    20
    18
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    94%
    92%
    92%
    87%
    91%
    84%
    84%
    89%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Monday (28 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    11
    SW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    12
    SW
    13
    SSW
    12
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    15
    17
    19
    17
    17
    13
    12
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    89%
    90%
    88%
    76%
    67%
    69%
    77%
    86%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Tuesday (29 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    12°
    14°
    14°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    11
    S
    12
    S
    14
    S
    15
    S
    16
    SSE
    14
    S
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    17
    19
    20
    21
    20
    19
    18
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    87%
    88%
    85%
    79%
    73%
    73%
    77%
    84%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -
    Wednesday (30 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    12°
    14°
    14°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    11
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    12
    S
    14
    SSE
    14
    S
    12
    SSW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    14
    18
    17
    17
    17
    14
    13
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    87%
    89%
    86%
    76%
    71%
    71%
    78%
    88%
    UV - - 1 2 3 2 1 -

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    Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

    Headline:

    A settled day on Thursday with sunny spells developing.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    A largely dry evening and night. It will be mostly cloudy, but some clear spells are likely to develop later in the evening over Shetland. Light winds. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

    Thursday:

    A dry day with light winds. Rather cloudy in the morning, but sunny spells increasing through the afternoon. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

    Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

    A mostly cloudy but largely dry end to the week. Light winds at first, but freshening southerly winds later Friday. Some patchy rain on Saturday and Sunday.

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