Weather statistics for Longyearbyen (Svalbard)
Svalbard Airport observation station
Svalbard Airport station (Svalbard) is located 28 m.a.s.l. It is the closest official weather station, 4.8 km away from Longyearbyen. The station was established in October 1964. The station measures precipitation, temperature, snow depths and wind. There may be missing data.
Last 30 days: Average temperature was -2.1 °C, 4.6 °C above the normal. Highest temperature was 4.0 °C (23 April), and the lowest was -9.1 °C (07 May). The total precipitation was 12.3 mm. Highest daily precipitation was 3.4 mm (26 April), measured at 7am (8am daylight savings) for the past 24 hours. Highest wind speed was 17.1 m/s (22 April).
Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 13.0 °C (15. Jul. 2012) and the lowest -26.3 °C (5. Mar. 2013). Highest daily precipitation was 19.5 mm (22. Dec. 2012). Maximum snow depth was 29 cm (30. Apr. 2013).
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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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| Apr 2013 | -9.3°C | -12.2°C | 4.0°C Apr 23 | -20.8°C Apr 9 | 9.4 mm | 11.0 mm | 3.4 mm Apr 26 | 4.0 m/s | 17.1 m/s Apr 22 |
| Mar 2013 | -14.3°C | -15.7°C | -0.6°C Mar 28 | -26.3°C Mar 5 | 3.8 mm | 23.0 mm | 1.2 mm Mar 14 | 5.5 m/s | 16.5 m/s Mar 5 |
| Feb 2013 | -10.8°C | -16.2°C | 2.7°C Feb 13 | -23.9°C Feb 21 | 10.0 mm | 19.0 mm | 3.8 mm Feb 10 | 5.9 m/s | 15.9 m/s Feb 22 |
| Jan 2013 | -8.3°C | -15.3°C | 3.7°C Jan 6 | -18.8°C Jan 25 | 17.8 mm | 15.0 mm | 4.2 mm Jan 7 | 6.4 m/s | 17.5 m/s Jan 11 |
| Dec 2012 | -7.9°C | -13.4°C | 2.8°C Dec 9 | -23.7°C Dec 25 | 47.4 mm | 16.0 mm | 19.5 mm Dec 22 | 5.5 m/s | 19.3 m/s Dec 31 |
| Nov 2012 | -6.4°C | -10.3°C | 3.6°C Nov 5 | -20.4°C Nov 24 | 13.1 mm | 15.0 mm | 5.2 mm Nov 21 | 5.9 m/s | 16.3 m/s Nov 1 |
| Oct 2012 | -2.7°C | -5.5°C | 5.6°C Oct 10 | -18.4°C Oct 25 | 14.6 mm | 14.0 mm | 5.4 mm Oct 23 | 3.8 m/s | 12.1 m/s Oct 22 |
| Sep 2012 | 3.0°C | 0.3°C | 9.4°C Sep 3 | -6.8°C Sep 26 | 24.7 mm | 20.0 mm | 9.6 mm Sep 3 | 5.0 m/s | 19.5 m/s Sep 17 |
| Aug 2012 | 5.7°C | 4.7°C | 12.0°C Aug 31 | 0.8°C Aug 24 | 23.9 mm | 23.0 mm | 5.8 mm Aug 28 | 4.7 m/s | 15.4 m/s Aug 31 |
| Jul 2012 | 6.6°C | 5.9°C | 13.0°C Jul 15 | 3.5°C Jul 30 | 19.2 mm | 18.0 mm | 5.4 mm Jul 4 | 4.2 m/s | 16.0 m/s Jul 30 |
| Jun 2012 | 3.9°C | 2.0°C | 8.6°C Jun 16 | 0.7°C Jun 4 | 6.7 mm | 10.0 mm | 3.1 mm Jun 15 | 3.6 m/s | 12.0 m/s Jun 19 |
| May 2012 | -2.4°C | -4.1°C | 3.3°C May 5 | -10.0°C May 3 | 18.6 mm | 6.0 mm | 8.3 mm May 24 | 5.5 m/s | 15.4 m/s May 19 |
