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Weather statistics for Torsvåg lighthouse observation site, Karlsøy (Troms)

Torsvåg lighthouse observation station

The station is located in Karlsøy municipality, 21 m.a.s.l. It is the closest official weather station, 0.0 km away from Torsvåg lighthouse observation site. The station was established in January 1933. The station measures temperature and wind. There are no normals for precipitation. There may be missing data.

Last 30 days: Average temperature was 4.6 °C, 0.3 °C below the normal. Highest temperature was 13.5 °C (16 May), and the lowest was -1.0 °C (12 May). Highest wind speed was 23.3 m/s (20 May).

Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 22.0 °C (9. Jul. 2011) and the lowest -13.1 °C (6. Feb. 2012).

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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 4.5°C 13.5°C May 16 -2.2°C May 1 6.8 m/s 23.3 m/s May 20
Apr 2012 1.3°C 9.4°C Apr 27 -4.7°C Apr 5 4.8 m/s 16.4 m/s Apr 30
Mar 2012 1.3°C 6.6°C Mar 15 -3.0°C Mar 31 6.8 m/s 21.1 m/s Mar 16
Feb 2012 -0.1°C 6.5°C Feb 11 -13.1°C Feb 6 7.8 m/s 21.4 m/s Feb 11
Jan 2012 0.2°C 5.8°C Jan 18 -4.4°C Jan 23 6.6 m/s 21.6 m/s Jan 3
Dec 2011 2.4°C 8.1°C Dec 23 -2.4°C Dec 31 6.9 m/s 21.2 m/s Dec 1
Nov 2011 5.3°C 11.7°C Nov 6 -1.4°C Nov 14 7.5 m/s 20.9 m/s Nov 13
Oct 2011 7.3°C 13.2°C Oct 1 1.9°C Oct 8 6.1 m/s 20.9 m/s Oct 7
Sep 2011 10.9°C 17.9°C Sep 7 6.6°C Sep 17 4.5 m/s 19.0 m/s Sep 30
Aug 2011 11.8°C 21.2°C Aug 17 6.2°C Aug 7 3.4 m/s 11.4 m/s Aug 19
Jul 2011 10.4°C 22.0°C Jul 9 5.9°C Jul 7 3.3 m/s 13.4 m/s Jul 14
Jun 2011 9.8°C 17.1°C Jun 22 4.2°C Jun 5 4.1 m/s 18.6 m/s Jun 21