There has been an unusual number of extreme weather events in Iceland this winter. Severe storms with heavy snowfall have hit almost every week for the last two months keeping the Icelandic Met office busy issuing warnings. Actually we have one for today (Tuesday): Strong gale wind or more than 20 m/s (45 mph) is expected in the west and also in the southeast until afternoon
Last weekend saw yet another storm, but this time the wind came from the southwest bringing warm temperatures that caused sudden thawing and flooding on the west coast and in the Westfjords.
The heat record for February in Iceland was almost smashed on Sunday (Feb 8th) when the temperature reached 17.4 C (63.3 F) at Dalatangi cape, Iceland’s easternmost point. The record is 18.1 C (64.6 F) from February 1998, also at Dalatangi.
Tomorrow, however, the temperature at Dalatangi is expected to drop to -5 C (23 F). That is a swing of more than 22 C (72 F) in three days.
Dalatangi is blessed with being in one of Iceland’s “warmest” areas, other parts of the country can expect much colder temperatures later in the week.
IMO’s forecast for Thursday is -11 C (12 F) for Akureyri town in North Iceland, -13 C (9 F) in the Westfjords and -5 (23 F) for the capital.
This brings us to this, from our: 10 Useless Icelandic phrases you should not bother to learn:
Hvernig verður veðrið í kvöld? / How will the weather be tonight?
The weather in Iceland is notoriously unpredictable. You better pack both shorts and a raincoat. And it is not unusual to experience the wind blowing from all directions within the same hour.
There has been an unusual number of extreme weather events in Iceland this winter. Severe storms with heavy snowfall have hit almost every week for the last two months keeping the Icelandic Met office busy issuing warnings. Actually we have one for today (Tuesday): Strong gale wind or more than 20 m/s (45 mph) is expected in the west and also in the southeast until afternoon
Last weekend saw yet another storm, but this time the wind came from the southwest bringing warm temperatures that caused sudden thawing and flooding on the west coast and in the Westfjords.
The heat record for February in Iceland was almost smashed on Sunday (Feb 8th) when the temperature reached 17.4 C (63.3 F) at Dalatangi cape, Iceland’s easternmost point. The record is 18.1 C (64.6 F) from February 1998, also at Dalatangi.
Tomorrow, however, the temperature at Dalatangi is expected to drop to -5 C (23 F). That is a swing of more than 22 C (72 F) in three days.
Dalatangi is blessed with being in one of Iceland’s “warmest” areas, other parts of the country can expect much colder temperatures later in the week.
IMO’s forecast for Thursday is -11 C (12 F) for Akureyri town in North Iceland, -13 C (9 F) in the Westfjords and -5 (23 F) for the capital.
This brings us to this, from our: 10 Useless Icelandic phrases you should not bother to learn:
Hvernig verður veðrið í kvöld? / How will the weather be tonight?
The weather in Iceland is notoriously unpredictable. You better pack both shorts and a raincoat. And it is not unusual to experience the wind blowing from all directions within the same hour.
