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, 3.9 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 -7.3 °C, 5.1 °C above the normal. Highest temperature was 0.7 °C (22 April), and the lowest was -17.3 °C (12 April). The total precipitation was 3.9 mm. Highest daily precipitation was 1.2 mm (4 April), measured at 7am (8am daylight savings) for the past 24 hours. Highest wind speed was 10.3 m/s (20 April).
Last 13 full months: Highest temperature was 17.9 °C (30. Jul. 2015) and the lowest -20.0 °C (21. Mar. 2015). Highest daily precipitation was 18.0 mm (19. Dec. 2015). Maximum snow depth was 31 cm (29. Apr. 2015).
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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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| Mar 2016 | -7.1°C | -15.7°C | 5.4°C Mar 13 | -17.9°C Mar 25 | 8.4 mm | 23.0 mm | 2.0 mm Mar 15 | 5.0 m/s | 15.7 m/s Mar 14 |
| Feb 2016 | -5.6°C | -16.2°C | 1.7°C Feb 18 | -13.6°C Feb 9 | 2.4 mm | 19.0 mm | 0.5 mm Feb 17 | 5.9 m/s | 13.7 m/s Feb 4 |
| Jan 2016 | -3.8°C | -15.3°C | 6.6°C Jan 2 | -11.9°C Jan 21 | 42.6 mm | 15.0 mm | 17.8 mm Jan 3 | 6.4 m/s | 15.7 m/s Jan 9 |
| Dec 2015 | -6.0°C | -13.4°C | 8.7°C Dec 30 | -19.0°C Dec 13 | 47.7 mm | 16.0 mm | 18.0 mm Dec 19 | 5.9 m/s | 23.2 m/s Dec 19 |
| Nov 2015 | -3.4°C | -10.3°C | 5.2°C Nov 9 | -13.7°C Nov 5 | 12.9 mm | 15.0 mm | 3.0 mm Nov 7 | 6.4 m/s | 16.9 m/s Nov 27 |
| Oct 2015 | -1.8°C | -5.5°C | 5.9°C Oct 11 | -15.0°C Oct 28 | 31.0 mm | 14.0 mm | 10.9 mm Oct 19 | 4.7 m/s | 15.0 m/s Oct 30 |
| Sep 2015 | 2.8°C | 0.3°C | 9.5°C Sep 14 | -2.9°C Sep 30 | 37.9 mm | 20.0 mm | 13.1 mm Sep 30 | 3.7 m/s | 14.2 m/s Sep 7 |
| Aug 2015 | 6.6°C | 4.7°C | 17.0°C Aug 1 | 0.5°C Aug 29 | 37.0 mm | 23.0 mm | 9.6 mm Aug 23 | 4.3 m/s | 12.7 m/s Aug 19 |
| Jul 2015 | 7.7°C | 5.9°C | 17.9°C Jul 30 | 3.0°C Jul 16 | 5.4 mm | 18.0 mm | 3.4 mm Jul 29 | 4.9 m/s | 12.3 m/s Jul 29 |
| Jun 2015 | 4.6°C | 2.0°C | 9.2°C Jun 15 | 0.9°C Jun 3 | 7.8 mm | 10.0 mm | 4.4 mm Jun 28 | 4.6 m/s | 12.1 m/s Jun 15 |
| May 2015 | -2.2°C | -4.1°C | 4.4°C May 31 | -11.4°C May 2 | 2.5 mm | 6.0 mm | 0.7 mm May 15 | 4.1 m/s | 14.4 m/s May 16 |
| Apr 2015 | -5.3°C | -12.2°C | 6.0°C Apr 16 | -16.5°C Apr 4 | 4.7 mm | 11.0 mm | 2.1 mm Apr 19 | 5.0 m/s | 15.5 m/s Apr 15 |
| Mar 2015 | -8.0°C | -15.7°C | 4.6°C Mar 15 | -20.0°C Mar 21 | 14.8 mm | 23.0 mm | 5.0 mm Mar 27 | 7.1 m/s | 18.8 m/s Mar 30 |
