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Weather statistics for Svarttangen (Edgeøya) observation site (Svalbard)

Svarttangen (Edgeøya) observation station

Svarttangen (Edgeøya) station (Svalbard) is located 20 m.a.s.l. It is the closest official weather station, 0.0 km away from Svarttangen (Edgeøya) observation site. The station was established in November 1904. The station measures temperature. There are no normals for precipitation and temperature. There may be missing data.

Last 30 days: Highest temperature was 4.3 °C (27 May), and the lowest was -9.8 °C (15 May).

Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 11.1 °C (8. Sep. 2011) and the lowest -21.1 °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
Average Normal Warmest Coldest
May 2012 -2.8°C 4.3°C May 27 -9.8°C May 15
Apr 2012 -9.2°C 1.0°C Apr 24 -18.1°C Apr 5
Mar 2012 -5.0°C 2.7°C Mar 7 -16.6°C Mar 25
Feb 2012 -3.7°C 3.4°C Feb 2 -16.7°C Feb 16
Jan 2012 -3.2°C 3.4°C Jan 26 -14.0°C Jan 9
Dec 2011 -5.8°C 2.1°C Dec 24 -21.1°C Dec 30
Nov 2011 -4.9°C 4.3°C Nov 7 -14.5°C Nov 14
Oct 2011 -1.6°C 5.7°C Oct 2 -11.4°C Oct 31
Sep 2011 4.0°C 11.1°C Sep 8 -0.9°C Sep 18
Aug 2011 3.7°C 10.5°C Aug 18 -0.6°C Aug 28
Jul 2011 3.5°C 8.6°C Jul 20 -1.2°C Jul 3
Jun 2011