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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 August 1975. The station measures precipitation, temperature, snow depths and wind. There may be missing data.

Last 30 days: Average temperature was -3.3 °C, 12.6 °C above the normal. Highest temperature was 7.0 °C (08 February), and the lowest was -17.0 °C (14 February). The total precipitation was 78.7 mm. Highest daily precipitation was 25.9 mm (30 January) (measured between 07 -07). Highest wind speed was 23.5 m/s (16 January).

Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 17.1 °C (17. Aug. 2011) and the lowest -29.3 °C (22. Feb. 2011). Highest daily precipitation was 25.9 mm (30. Jan. 2012). Maximum snow depth was 27 cm (26. Mar. 2011).

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Note: Data is gathered from the closest weather station with available data for the selected date. You might get data from different weather stations on different dates. This feature is still in beta.

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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 -3.4°C -15.3°C 4.8°C Jan 29 -15.0°C Jan 25 47 mm 15 mm 26 mm Jan 30 6.0 m/s 24.8 m/s Jan 15
Dec 2011 -6.6°C -13.4°C 3.1°C Dec 24 -19.8°C Dec 30 8 mm 16 mm 3 mm Dec 1 6.2 m/s 19.2 m/s Dec 23
Nov 2011 -6.0°C -10.3°C 6.6°C Nov 6 -16.4°C Nov 14 24 mm 15 mm 7 mm Nov 8 5.5 m/s 20.5 m/s Nov 30
Oct 2011 -2.6°C -5.5°C 4.7°C Oct 24 -12.9°C Oct 31 18 mm 14 mm 5 mm Oct 30 5.5 m/s 17.7 m/s Oct 14
Sep 2011 4.4°C 0.3°C 10.0°C Sep 5 -1.7°C Sep 18 26 mm 20 mm 4 mm Sep 10 3.6 m/s 15.3 m/s Sep 7
Aug 2011 6.9°C 4.7°C 17.1°C Aug 17 2.0°C Aug 1 8 mm 23 mm 3 mm Aug 25 3.6 m/s 11.9 m/s Aug 19
Jul 2011 6.9°C 5.9°C 13.3°C Jul 20 2.4°C Jul 29 14 mm 18 mm 5 mm Jul 6 5.1 m/s 16.2 m/s Jul 10
Jun 2011 4.8°C 2.0°C 12.8°C Jun 22 0.4°C Jun 3 4 mm 10 mm 2 mm Jun 1 4.1 m/s 13.9 m/s Jun 28
May 2011 -1.6°C -4.1°C 5.3°C May 31 -8.9°C May 11 9 mm 6 mm 4 mm May 3 3.8 m/s 15.4 m/s May 30
Apr 2011 -5.8°C -12.2°C 5.1°C Apr 26 -24.2°C Apr 1 17 mm 11 mm 4 mm Apr 14 5.1 m/s 23.9 m/s Apr 3
Mar 2011 -12.7°C -15.7°C 4.2°C Mar 17 -26.9°C Mar 13 44 mm 23 mm 24 mm Mar 18 4.7 m/s 23.4 m/s Mar 18
Feb 2011 -12.7°C -16.2°C 4.5°C Feb 26 -29.3°C Feb 22 19 mm 19 mm 5 mm Feb 25 4.4 m/s 17.6 m/s Feb 25