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Weather statistics for Bjørnøya observation site (Svalbard)

Bjørnøya observation station

Bjørnøya station (Svalbard) is located 16 m.a.s.l. It is the closest official weather station, 0.0 km away from Bjørnøya observation site. The station was established in January 1910. The station measures precipitation, temperature and wind. There may be missing data.

Last 30 days: Average temperature was 0.3 °C, 1.6 °C above the normal. Highest temperature was 4.6 °C (24 May), and the lowest was -6.4 °C (02 May). The total precipitation was 32.7 mm. Highest daily precipitation was 18.2 mm (19 May) (measured between 07 -07). Highest wind speed was 17.2 m/s (19 May).

Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 13.2 °C (22. Aug. 2011) and the lowest -12.8 °C (16. Feb. 2012). Highest daily precipitation was 19.0 mm (15. Oct. 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
May 2012 0.3°C -1.4°C 4.6°C May 24 -6.4°C May 2 39 mm 18 mm 18 mm May 19 7.8 m/s 17.2 m/s May 19
Apr 2012 -4.0°C -5.4°C 2.4°C Apr 30 -12.6°C Apr 21 27 mm 21 mm 5 mm Apr 4 7.4 m/s 18.6 m/s Apr 4
Mar 2012 -1.7°C -7.6°C 2.4°C Mar 6 -12.6°C Mar 26 27 mm 28 mm 10 mm Mar 17 6.4 m/s 15.3 m/s Mar 15
Feb 2012 -1.8°C -7.7°C 4.1°C Feb 8 -12.8°C Feb 16 60 mm 33 mm 8 mm Feb 10 7.9 m/s 18.6 m/s Feb 28
Jan 2012 -0.6°C -8.1°C 3.9°C Jan 15 -9.4°C Jan 9 31 mm 30 mm 12 mm Jan 15 9.1 m/s 19.7 m/s Jan 15
Dec 2011 -1.8°C -7.1°C 3.7°C Dec 23 -10.3°C Dec 29 53 mm 31 mm 9 mm Dec 9 7.3 m/s 18.0 m/s Dec 31
Nov 2011 -0.6°C -3.7°C 6.3°C Nov 6 -7.4°C Nov 17 48 mm 33 mm 6 mm Nov 24 8.4 m/s 22.2 m/s Nov 7
Oct 2011 2.0°C -0.5°C 6.9°C Oct 24 -5.7°C Oct 31 52 mm 44 mm 19 mm Oct 15 8.0 m/s 20.5 m/s Oct 19
Sep 2011 6.2°C 2.6°C 13.1°C Sep 8 2.3°C Sep 30 57 mm 44 mm 12 mm Sep 12 5.5 m/s 18.0 m/s Sep 7
Aug 2011 5.9°C 4.4°C 13.2°C Aug 22 1.4°C Aug 9 22 mm 36 mm 16 mm Aug 29 5.7 m/s 14.4 m/s Aug 19
Jul 2011 4.7°C 4.4°C 11.0°C Jul 10 1.1°C Jul 19 45 mm 30 mm 18 mm Jul 20 5.3 m/s 15.4 m/s Jul 19
Jun 2011 1.9°C 1.8°C 6.8°C Jun 3 -2.3°C Jun 13 11 mm 23 mm 4 mm Jun 4 5.7 m/s 16.1 m/s Jun 22