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Precipitation is heaviest in late autumn and winter along the coast, while April to June is the driest. The innermost parts of the long fjords are somewhat drier: annual precipitation in Lærdal Municipality is 514 mm (20.2 in), and in the north only 338 mm (13.3 in) in Skibotn at the head of Lyngenfjord.
In June, Iceland's average daily temperatures range from 8 °C (46 °F) to 16 °C (61 °F). [9] Summer conditions vary in Norway depending on location. The Norwegian coast has cooler summers than areas further inland. Due to its northern location, there is almost no darkness in June and July in the north, reaching as far south as Trondheim. [6]
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. The climate of Svalbard is principally a result of its latitude, which is between 74° and 81° north. Climate is defined by the World Meteorological Organization as the average weather over a 30-year period. [1]
The average winter temperature of the Norwegian Coastal Current is about 3.5 °C [3] [6] and ranges from 2 to 5 °C, while in summer the temperature of the current is warmer as the tributary sources (Baltic Sea, Norwegian fjords, rivers) are warmed up.
Mjóifjörður has a typical tundra climate (Köppen: ETf), as no month has an average temperature above 10 °C (50 °F), although the coldest months all have average temperatures above 1 °C (34 °F). It is very humid throughout the year, with the average precipitation greater than 100 millimetres (3.9 in) in every month except June, and ...
This list of Norwegian fjords shows many of the fjords in Norway. In total, there are about 1,190 fjords in Norway and the Svalbard islands. The sortable list ...
Around the inner end of the fjord, three of Norway's famous stave churches have survived: Kaupanger and Urnes (along the shoreline) and Borgund (30 km or 20 mi into the Lærdal valley). [18] The Sognefjord Span (power lines) crosses the fjord with a span of 4,597 metres (15,082 ft). This is the second largest span of power lines in the world.
Visualisation of average annual temperature anomaly in Norway, 1901 to 2020. All regions and seasons of Norway are expected to become warmer and wetter due to climate change . On a per-capita basis, Norway is the world's largest producer, and exporter, of oil and natural gas outside the Middle East . [ 1 ]