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Weather statistics for Olonkinbyen (Jan Mayen)

Jan Mayen observation station

The Jan Mayen station is 10 m.a.s.l. It is the closest official weather station, 2.3 km away from Olonkinbyen. The station was established in August 1908. The station measures precipitation, temperature, snow depths and wind. There may be missing data.

Last 30 days: Average temperature was -0.2 °C, 5.6 °C above the normal. Highest temperature was 5.8 °C (07 February), and the lowest was -7.3 °C (06 February). The total precipitation was 82.1 mm. Highest daily precipitation was 12.0 mm (30 January) (measured between 07 -07). Highest wind speed was 23.8 m/s (27 January).

Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 12.6 °C (22. Jul. 2011) and the lowest -14.3 °C (23. Mar. 2011). Highest daily precipitation was 39.5 mm (5. Nov. 2011). Maximum snow depth was 1 cm (7. Nov. 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.

Tabular view for temperature and precipitation per month
Months Temperature Precipitation Wind
Average Normal Warmest Coldest Total Normal Highest
daily value
Average Strongest
wind
Jan 2012 0.5°C -5.7°C 3.7°C Jan 19 -6.1°C Jan 27 62 mm 56 mm 12 mm Jan 30 7.3 m/s 23.8 m/s Jan 27
Dec 2011 -3.3°C -5.2°C 3.6°C Dec 22 -11.4°C Dec 27 57 mm 65 mm 27 mm Dec 16 9.1 m/s 21.1 m/s Dec 17
Nov 2011 1.3°C -3.3°C 6.7°C Nov 16 -7.0°C Nov 28 153 mm 65 mm 40 mm Nov 5 6.7 m/s 24.4 m/s Nov 29
Oct 2011 2.1°C 0.1°C 7.8°C Oct 1 -4.6°C Oct 19 79 mm 82 mm 21 mm Oct 14 8.9 m/s 21.3 m/s Oct 5
Sep 2011 5.9°C 2.8°C 9.5°C Sep 26 0.3°C Sep 15 109 mm 82 mm 25 mm Sep 8 6.9 m/s 20.6 m/s Sep 8
Aug 2011 6.1°C 4.9°C 12.6°C Aug 10 1.4°C Aug 6 35 mm 61 mm 14 mm Aug 15 4.4 m/s 16.7 m/s Aug 9
Jul 2011 5.3°C 4.2°C 12.6°C Jul 22 2.1°C Jul 9 13 mm 47 mm 5 mm Jul 29 4.2 m/s 14.9 m/s Jul 21
Jun 2011 3.5°C 2.0°C 7.8°C Jun 24 -1.0°C Jun 1 28 mm 37 mm 20 mm Jun 4 6.0 m/s 17.1 m/s Jun 9
May 2011 1.0°C -0.7°C 7.6°C May 15 -3.7°C May 5 30 mm 40 mm 8 mm May 11 6.1 m/s 19.0 m/s May 24
Apr 2011 -0.5°C -3.9°C 4.7°C Apr 10 -5.5°C Apr 22 84 mm 40 mm 11 mm Apr 23 6.4 m/s 22.3 m/s Apr 26
Mar 2011 -5.9°C -6.1°C 3.3°C Mar 1 -14.3°C Mar 23 66 mm 55 mm 9 mm Mar 10 8.6 m/s 25.1 m/s Mar 11
Feb 2011 -0.6°C -6.1°C 2.9°C Feb 3 -8.2°C Feb 22 99 mm 53 mm 26 mm Feb 24 7.0 m/s 20.4 m/s Feb 21