Weather statistics for Alta (Finnmark)
Alta Airport observation station
The station is located in Alta municipality, 3 m.a.s.l. It is the closest official weather station, 3.4 km away from Alta. The station was established in December 1963. The station measures precipitation, temperature and wind. There may be missing data.
Last 30 days: Average temperature was -9.6 °C, 1.0 °C below the normal. Highest temperature was 7.0 °C (11 February), and the lowest was -27.6 °C (07 February). The total precipitation was 2.5 mm. Highest daily precipitation was 2.0 mm (14 February) (measured between 07 -07). Highest wind speed was 11.9 m/s (04 February).
Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 31.1 °C (9. Jul. 2011) and the lowest -27.6 °C (7. Feb. 2012). Highest daily precipitation was 18.7 mm (24. May. 2011).
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The black line shows mean value (both precipitation and temperature). Some stations does not have mean values, and hence no black line.
The red/blue line shows average temperature during the day (24h) (equalized for 30 days). The line is red by pluss degrees, and blue by minus degrees.
The red/blue areas shows the temperature variations throughout the day (24h) with max- and min. temperature as endpoints. The area is red by pluss degrees, and blue by minus degrees.
The lightblue bars shows total precipitation this month. The black lines crossing is the normal (mean) value for precipitation.
The dark grey bars behind the precipitation bars shows snowdepth measured day by day.
Some stations only measures precipitation, while others only measures temperature. If an area or bar is missing the station does not measure this data.
NB! Precipitation is measured at 07 hours Norwegian time. The value (in mm) shows last 24 hours until 07 hours (08 hours summertime). Download other weather statistics from eklima.met.no.
| Months | Temperature | Precipitation | Wind | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | Normal | Warmest | Coldest | Total | Normal | Highest daily value |
Average | Strongest wind |
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| Jan 2012 | -7.3°C | -8.7°C | 0.5°C Jan 9 | -17.0°C Jan 6 | 5 mm | 32 mm | 3 mm Jan 9 | 4.4 m/s | 13.0 m/s Jan 2 |
| Dec 2011 | -1.9°C | -7.0°C | 5.8°C Dec 1 | -10.1°C Dec 9 | 9 mm | 36 mm | 3 mm Dec 11 | 3.6 m/s | 13.6 m/s Dec 28 |
| Nov 2011 | 1.3°C | -3.6°C | 8.8°C Nov 13 | -11.5°C Nov 20 | 57 mm | 34 mm | 9 mm Nov 16 | 3.9 m/s | 20.4 m/s Nov 14 |
| Oct 2011 | 5.1°C | 1.6°C | 12.6°C Oct 16 | -1.4°C Oct 11 | 40 mm | 39 mm | 5 mm Oct 8 | 3.9 m/s | 15.6 m/s Oct 8 |
| Sep 2011 | 11.0°C | 7.2°C | 19.6°C Sep 5 | 3.5°C Sep 1 | 20 mm | 38 mm | 3 mm Sep 27 | 3.4 m/s | 13.4 m/s Sep 30 |
| Aug 2011 | 13.1°C | 12.0°C | 23.6°C Aug 15 | 5.3°C Aug 14 | 12 mm | 49 mm | 4 mm Aug 24 | 3.6 m/s | 10.1 m/s Aug 4 |
| Jul 2011 | 13.7°C | 13.4°C | 31.1°C Jul 9 | 5.4°C Jul 16 | 54 mm | 54 mm | 16 mm Jul 26 | 3.9 m/s | 11.7 m/s Jul 15 |
| Jun 2011 | 12.3°C | 10.0°C | 20.7°C Jun 9 | 5.0°C Jun 2 | 27 mm | 33 mm | 6 mm Jun 5 | 4.0 m/s | 11.3 m/s Jun 30 |
| May 2011 | 4.1°C | 4.8°C | 16.4°C May 31 | -2.8°C May 4 | 33 mm | 20 mm | 19 mm May 24 | 3.6 m/s | 16.0 m/s May 10 |
| Apr 2011 | 3.3°C | -0.6°C | 11.4°C Apr 25 | -4.9°C Apr 21 | 27 mm | 17 mm | 6 mm Apr 10 | 3.7 m/s | 14.5 m/s Apr 11 |
| Mar 2011 | -2.5°C | -5.2°C | 5.9°C Mar 8 | -16.5°C Mar 29 | 53 mm | 23 mm | 8 mm Mar 26 | 4.7 m/s | 17.6 m/s Mar 24 |
| Feb 2011 | -11.3°C | -7.9°C | 4.6°C Feb 27 | -25.0°C Feb 9 | 14 mm | 25 mm | 4 mm Feb 11 | 4.7 m/s | 14.0 m/s Feb 28 |
