Kirkwall weather — 10-day forecast

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

Now

Reading from 22:00 · DWD ICON-EU model

12 °C

Partly cloudy

Feels like 5 °C

33.5 km/hforce 4

Next 12 h

  • 2212°
  • 2312°
  • 0012°
  • 0112°
  • 0212°10 %
  • 0312°10 %
  • 0412°10 %
  • 0512°10 %
  • 0612°
  • 0712°
  • 0812°
  • 08:01Sunrise
  • 0912°
  • 1012°
Humidity
89 %
Dew point
10 °C
Gusts
50.8 km/h
Clouds
65 %
Pressure
1,023 hPa ↓

Grid point 2.1 km away · 6.5 km grid · elevation 3 m

Air quality

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

Reading from 19:00
24
Fair

Index set by Ozone

Ozone
59.6µg/m³
PM2.5
9.1µg/m³
PM10
14.8µg/m³
Nitrogen dioxide
1.1µg/m³
Sulphur dioxide
0.1µg/m³
Carbon monoxide
120.0µg/m³
Dust (AOD)
0.01

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.

7° → 12°

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

  • Today

    Clear sky

    12°

    11°

  • Tue

    Light drizzle56 %

    12°

    11°

  • Wed

    Light rain100 %

    12°

    9°

  • Thu

    Light drizzle48 %

    10°

    8°

  • Fri

    Light drizzle72 %

    9°

    8°

  • Sat

    Light rain11 mm

    9°

    7°

  • Sun

    Light rain11 mm

    9°

    8°

  • Mon

    Overcast

    10°

    9°

  • Tue

    Light rain7 mm

    12°

    10°

  • Wed

    Light drizzle6 mm

    11°

    9°

Gusts · Mon 51.1 km/h · Tue 73.3 km/h · Wed 51.2 km/h · Sat 65.5 km/h · Sun 98.5 km/h · Mon 59.8 km/h · Tue 60.3 km/h · Wed 52.8 km/h

Sun and UV

Sunrise, sunset, day length and ultraviolet intensity.

Max UV1low
Sunrise
07:59
Daylight
9 h 56
Sunset
17:55

Radiation · 3.5 MJ/m²

Sea state

Sea state at the marine grid point closest to the city.

1.3 mperiod 4 s 151°

Significant height: the mean of the highest third of waves. Individual waves reach about twice it.

Data: ECMWF

Today in Kirkwall the mean temperature will be 11.4 °C — +1.3 °C against the normal for 19 October, measured from 1940 to 2026. (1,291 obs.)

Kirkwall climate — normals and trends →

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