Orkney weather — 10-day forecast

Temperature, rain, wind and feels-like in Orkney, hour by hour and over 10 days, with the seasonal normal for context.

Now

Reading from 00:00 · DWD ICON global model

16 °C

Mainly clear

4.2 km/hforce 1

Next 12 h

  • 0015°
  • 0114°
  • 0214°
  • 0313°
  • 0412°
  • 0511°
  • 05:38Sunrise
  • 0611°
  • 0714°
  • 0818°
  • 0923°
  • 1026°
  • 1128°
  • 1229°

↓ 11°06:00↑ 29°12:00

Humidity
90 %
Dew point
14 °C
Gusts
6.9 km/h
Clouds
44 %
Pressure
1,020 hPa

Grid point 5.2 km away · 13.0 km grid · elevation 1,316 m

Air quality

The European air-quality index for the city, and the pollutants that set it.

Reading from 02:00
64
Poor

Index set by PM2.5

PM2.5
30.5µg/m³▲
PM10
30.8µg/m³
Ozone
26.6µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
18.9µg/m³
Sulphur dioxide
8.6µg/m³
Carbon monoxide
322.0µg/m³
Dust (AOD)
0.00

Generated using Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information

Hour by hour

Step-by-step detail: temperature, wind, cloud cover and ultraviolet.

Estimated from a deterministic model, not an ensemble probability.
°C

10 days

Each day's extremes and the chance of rain, out to the end of the run.

10° → 36°

Rain probability (> 1 mm): 50 ECMWF ensemble members.

  • Today

    Overcast76 %

    24°

    16°

  • Thu

    Mainly clear

    31°

    11°

  • Fri

    Mainly clear

    34°

    12°

  • Sat

    Mainly clear

    36°

    17°

  • Sun

    Partly cloudy

    34°

    17°

  • Mon

    Light showers10 mm

    25°

    14°

  • Tue

    Partly cloudy

    24°

    12°

  • Wed

    Mainly clear

    28°

    11°

  • Thu

    Clear sky

    30°

    10°

  • Fri

    Clear sky

    31°

    16°

Sun and UV

Sunrise, sunset, day length and ultraviolet intensity.

Max UV3moderate
Sunrise
05:39
Daylight
12 h 42
Sunset
18:21

Radiation · 2.7 MJ/m²

Today in Orkney the mean temperature will be 20.6 °C — +0.6 °C against the normal for 14 October, measured from 1940 to 2026. (1,290 obs.)

Orkney climate — normals and trends →