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Weather statistics for Kongsøya observation site (Svalbard)

Kongsøya observation station

Kongsøya station (Svalbard) is located 20 m.a.s.l. It is the closest official weather station, 0.0 km away from Kongsøya observation site. The station was established in September 2010. The station measures temperature and wind. There are no normals for precipitation and temperature. There may be missing data.

Last 30 days: Highest temperature was 1.5 °C (24 May), and the lowest was -12.6 °C (17 May). Highest wind speed was 17.7 m/s (29 May).

Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 5.6 °C (6. Sep. 2011) and the lowest -23.7 °C (30. Dec. 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 Wind
Average Normal Warmest Coldest Average Strongest
wind
May 2012 -4.5°C 1.5°C May 24 -12.6°C May 17 6.2 m/s 17.7 m/s May 29
Apr 2012 -11.3°C -0.9°C Apr 27 -20.7°C Apr 19 5.4 m/s 15.8 m/s Apr 26
Mar 2012 -8.5°C -0.6°C Mar 8 -20.5°C Mar 23 7.6 m/s 17.2 m/s Mar 10
Feb 2012 -5.7°C 1.4°C Feb 1 -16.9°C Feb 14 7.5 m/s 22.9 m/s Feb 15
Jan 2012 -5.6°C 1.8°C Jan 30 -22.1°C Jan 9 6.1 m/s 22.3 m/s Jan 15
Dec 2011 -8.3°C -0.2°C Dec 24 -23.7°C Dec 30 7.0 m/s 20.8 m/s Dec 28
Nov 2011 -6.8°C 1.0°C Nov 7 -19.7°C Nov 20 8.6 m/s 28.3 m/s Nov 14
Oct 2011 -3.0°C 1.6°C Oct 2 -13.7°C Oct 31 8.5 m/s 19.4 m/s Oct 31
Sep 2011 1.6°C 5.6°C Sep 6 -2.7°C Sep 30 5.3 m/s 16.3 m/s Sep 13
Aug 2011 1.3°C 4.2°C Aug 16 -1.9°C Aug 26 4.8 m/s 12.2 m/s Aug 7
Jul 2011
Jun 2011