- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Airports
- KOI Kirkwall Airport10 km
- EOI Eday Airport21 km
About Rack Wick
Rack Wick is a natural site. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (10 km). Nearby sights include Wide Firth and Crookness.
Photos of Rack Wick
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Shapinsay C Michael Hogan · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
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Thieves Holm Des Colhoun · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Sweyn Holm Derek Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Head of Holland Adam Ward · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Climate of Rack Wick
This month · November
A wet month
Day 9° · Night 5° · Rain 129 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 15°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 2°)
- Wettest month
- November (129 mm)
- Driest month
- May (53 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 7° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 8° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 2° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 112 | 87 | 99 | 67 | 53 | 55 | 61 | 74 | 104 | 120 | 129 | 119 |
How to get to Rack Wick
The nearest airport is Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 10 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Aberdeen, 217 km to the south.
Airports
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 10 kmsoutheast
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 21 kmnortheast
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 64 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Aberdeen Population: 198.6K 217 kmsouth
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 286 kmsouth
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 343 kmsouth
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 361 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Rack Wick
Within 100 km: 38 historic and cultural sites, 604 natural sites, 246 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km334 places
- Shapinsay Island 6 kmE
- Rousay Island 15 kmN
- Eday Island 20 kmNE
- Flotta Island 24 kmS
25–60 km257 places
- Hoy Island 27 kmSW
- Papa Westray Island Island 36 kmN
- Hesta Head Natural site 28 kmS
- Clett Island 56 kmSW
60–100 km297 places
- Eilean nan Ron Island 95 kmSW
- Rabbit Islands Island 98 kmSW
- Neave Island Island 93 kmSW
- Eilean Iosal Island 95 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearest towns and villages
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Wide Firth Natural site, Orkney Islands<0.1 km N
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Crookness Natural site, Orkney Islands2.7 km NW
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Strombery Natural site, Orkney Islands2.9 km E
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Tor Ness Natural site, Orkney Islands2.1 km NW
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Thieves Holm Island, Orkney Islands3.4 km SE
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Bay of Puldrite Natural site, Scotland2.4 km NW
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Car Ness Natural site, Orkney Islands3.4 km SE
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Bay of Isbister Natural site, Orkney Islands3.4 km NW
Sources & licences
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