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Weather statistics for Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard)

Ny-Ålesund observation station

Ny-Ålesund station (Svalbard) is located 8 m.a.s.l. It is the closest official weather station, 0.2 km away from Ny-Ålesund. The station was established in July 1974. The station measures precipitation, temperature, snow depths and wind. There may be missing data.

Last 30 days: Average temperature was -4.2 °C, 10.1 °C above the normal. Highest temperature was 4.8 °C (27 January), and the lowest was -19.2 °C (14 February). The total precipitation was 296.4 mm. Highest daily precipitation was 98.0 mm (30 January) (measured between 07 -07). Highest wind speed was 18.2 m/s (02 February).

Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 13.2 °C (18. Aug. 2011) and the lowest -32.4 °C (22. Feb. 2011). Highest daily precipitation was 98.0 mm (30. Jan. 2012). Maximum snow depth was 86 cm (11. Apr. 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 -3.6°C -13.9°C 4.8°C Jan 27 -14.4°C Jan 7 210 mm 32 mm 98 mm Jan 30 5.5 m/s 18.8 m/s Jan 14
Dec 2011 -6.9°C -12.5°C 2.7°C Dec 24 -19.7°C Dec 29 3 mm 31 mm 3 mm Dec 19 5.3 m/s 17.3 m/s Dec 11
Nov 2011 -6.7°C -10.0°C 7.8°C Nov 6 -18.7°C Nov 14 67 mm 33 mm 25 mm Nov 7 4.7 m/s 15.5 m/s Nov 5
Oct 2011 -3.5°C -5.7°C 5.7°C Oct 27 -13.1°C Oct 31 50 mm 37 mm 18 mm Oct 30 4.5 m/s 21.0 m/s Oct 14
Sep 2011 3.0°C -0.3°C 8.8°C Sep 5 -5.2°C Sep 30 78 mm 46 mm 16 mm Sep 1 2.0 m/s 11.7 m/s Sep 5
Aug 2011 5.7°C 3.9°C 13.2°C Aug 18 0.1°C Aug 11 33 mm 38 mm 11 mm Aug 12 2.9 m/s 12.6 m/s Aug 21
Jul 2011 6.3°C 4.9°C 11.5°C Jul 29 1.8°C Jul 7 25 mm 28 mm 11 mm Jul 11 3.1 m/s 12.8 m/s Jul 10
Jun 2011 3.4°C 1.5°C 8.7°C Jun 22 -1.0°C Jun 5 3 mm 18 mm 2 mm Jun 2 2.5 m/s 8.9 m/s Jun 8
May 2011 -2.0°C -4.0°C 6.9°C May 31 -10.9°C May 11 22 mm 18 mm 8 mm May 3 2.8 m/s 13.8 m/s May 9
Apr 2011 -5.3°C -11.1°C 5.7°C Apr 24 -23.2°C Apr 1 34 mm 23 mm 11 mm Apr 11 4.7 m/s 21.6 m/s Apr 20
Mar 2011 -12.6°C -14.2°C 4.3°C Mar 17 -27.0°C Mar 24 88 mm 45 mm 31 mm Mar 18 4.8 m/s 21.9 m/s Mar 15
Feb 2011 -10.7°C -14.6°C 4.3°C Feb 26 -32.4°C Feb 22 81 mm 36 mm 19 mm Feb 27 4.9 m/s 21.0 m/s Feb 25