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Weather statistics for Wedel Jarlsberg Land (Svalbard)

Hornsund observation station

Hornsund station (Svalbard) is located 10 m.a.s.l. It is the closest official weather station, 38.4 km away from Wedel Jarlsberg Land. The station was established in June 1985. The station measures temperature, snow depths and wind. There are no normals for precipitation and temperature. There may be missing data.

Last 30 days: Highest temperature was 3.8 °C (25 May), and the lowest was -8.8 °C (04 May). Highest wind speed was 23.9 m/s (19 May).

Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 11.2 °C (18. Aug. 2011) and the lowest -16.6 °C (20. Apr. 2012). Maximum snow depth was 998 cm (12. Jun. 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 Wind
Average Normal Warmest Coldest Average Strongest
wind
May 2012 -1.9°C 3.8°C May 25 -8.8°C May 4 7.1 m/s 23.9 m/s May 19
Apr 2012 -7.9°C 3.0°C Apr 24 -16.6°C Apr 20 4.9 m/s 18.1 m/s Apr 30
Mar 2012 -3.7°C 3.6°C Mar 5 -14.4°C Mar 25 5.7 m/s 17.2 m/s Mar 17
Feb 2012 -3.7°C 4.1°C Feb 8 -15.5°C Feb 16 6.1 m/s 17.2 m/s Feb 27
Jan 2012 -1.6°C 3.5°C Jan 26 -10.9°C Jan 9 6.4 m/s 13.0 m/s Jan 19
Dec 2011 -5.3°C 0.7°C Dec 8 -13.2°C Dec 5 5.9 m/s
Nov 2011 -4.8°C 5.0°C Nov 6 -13.8°C Nov 14 5.2 m/s 5.5 m/s Nov 1
Oct 2011 -1.4°C 4.7°C Oct 29 -12.0°C Oct 31 6.6 m/s 18.4 m/s Oct 19
Sep 2011 4.9°C 9.2°C Sep 10 1.9°C Sep 7 6.1 m/s 12.1 m/s Sep 8
Aug 2011 4.2°C 11.2°C Aug 18 0.6°C Aug 6 5.9 m/s 13.7 m/s Aug 15
Jul 2011 3.8°C 8.7°C Jul 4 -0.5°C Jul 25 4.6 m/s 15.3 m/s Jul 11
Jun 2011 3.1°C 8.3°C Jun 23 -1.0°C Jun 5 3.9 m/s 15.9 m/s Jun 23