Kirkwall Arpt
Weather station · 59.0°N 2.9°W · 15 m above sea level
ICAO EGPAWMO 03017Station data since 1973
Record high
20.5°C
in 1994
Record low
−1.4°C
in 2009
Average high
13.3°C
all years on record
9.5°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 11.0°C against 20.5°C in 1994. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
24.3°C
- Date
- Monday, 21 August 1995
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kirkwall Arpt, United Kingdom
- Position
- 58.96°N 2.90°W · 15 m
Highest highest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−12.2°C
- Date
- Friday, 20 February 2004
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kirkwall Arpt, United Kingdom
- Position
- 58.96°N 2.90°W · 15 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1973. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Kirkwall Arpt is
58.96°N 2.90°W
Records by month
Jan
12.2°
−6.0°
Feb
12.7°
−12.2°
Mar
20.0°
−11.5°
Apr
21.0°
−7.2°
May
21.0°
−7.6°
Jun
22.7°
−4.4°
Jul
24.1°
−2.1°
Aug
24.3°
−3.8°
Sep
24.1°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 11.0°C | 00:20 UTC | 9.0°C | 06:20 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 14.0°C | 15:20 UTC | 9.0°C | 20:20 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Wick ArptUnited Kingdom56.6 km
- Sumburgh ArptUnited Kingdom137.5 km
- Tain RangeUnited Kingdom140.3 km
- LossiemouthUnited Kingdom141 km
- KinlossUnited Kingdom151.1 km
- LerwickUnited Kingdom163.2 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1973 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
