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The average July temperature in the southern part of the island is 10–13 °C (50–55 °F). Warm summer days can reach 20–25 °C (68–77 °F). [4] The highest temperature recorded was 30.5 °C (86.9 °F) in the Eastern fjords in 1939.
Thunderstorms, however, are very rare in Iceland, and there are less than five of them per year. [5] 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.
Source 2: timeanddate.com (sunshine percent and dewpoints), [5] Weather Atlas, (UV) [6] and Meteo Climat [7] References These references will appear in the article, but this list appears only on this page.
In 2010, ash clouds from eruptions at the Eyafjallajokull volcano in the south of Iceland spread over large parts of Europe, grounding some 100,000 flights and forcing hundreds of Icelanders to ...
By 17 March 2024, one day after the eruption began, the newly formed lava field covered nearly 6 km 2 (2.3 sq mi). By 20 March, the average lava output had decreased to around 15 m 3 /s (530 cu ft/s). Between 20 and 27 March, the average lava flow rate reduced to approximately 7.8 ± 0.7 m 3 /s (275 ± 25 cu ft/s).
Vatnsskarð weather station, Skagafjörður, Iceland IMO quake map and diagram re. 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull. Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO; Icelandic: Veðurstofa Íslands) is Iceland's national weather service and as such a government agency under the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. [1]
By 26 March 2010, the global positioning system (GPS) equipment used by the Iceland Meteorological Office at Þorvaldseyri farm in the Eyjafjöll area (around 15 km or 9.3 mi southeast of the location of the recent eruption) [19] had shown 3 cm of displacement of the local crust in a southward direction, of which a 1-cm displacement had taken ...
Thórsmörk is one of the most popular hiking areas in Iceland. In the valley, the river Krossá winds between the mountains. The valley is closed in between glaciers, Mýrdalsjökull being at the rear end of the valley. This leads to an especially warm climate, better than in the rest of south Iceland.