Average annual temperature is 15.0 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 37.0 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -7.5 °C
Number of sunny days: 173 days
Number of rainy days: 187 days
Number of snow days: 5 days
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* Weather data for Orkney United States is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 20.3 | 25.6 | 25.4 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 32.8 | 37.0 | 35.0 | 33.3 | 29.7 | 25.7 | 20.0 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | 12.6 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 21.3 | 24.1 | 27.2 | 32.1 | 29.1 | 26.9 | 21.9 | 16.1 | 12.6 |
| Average temperature (°C) | 6.9 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 14.4 | 17.7 | 21.2 | 25.7 | 23.6 | 20.8 | 15.9 | 9.3 | 6.9 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 8.5 | 12.3 | 15.9 | 20.5 | 19.1 | 15.5 | 11.0 | 4.3 | 3.0 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -5.9 | -7.5 | -6.1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 9.5 | 14.9 | 13.2 | 11.0 | 4.1 | -5.6 | -4.7 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.9 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 4.9 | 6.9 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 5.7 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 88 | 108 | 62 | 72 | 80 | 53 | 52 | 100 | 57 | 40 | 44 | 97 |
| Sunny days | 11 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 15 |
| Rainy days | 19 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 15 |
| Snow days | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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