not as wet as 2007. The precipitation anomalies were largest in the Northwest. The year began with heavy precipitation, but the first part of the summer was very dry. September was very wet. The number of days with precipitation,considering the whole year, was close to average.
There was slightly more snowfall than has typical since 2000, but it barely reached the average falls of the preceding
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: Left: Percentage of advancing and retreating termini
of non‐surging glaciers in Iceland from 1931 to 2008. Over
most of the time period shown, the figure is based on meas‐
urements at 11 to 19 locations (somewhat fewer termini in
the years 1931 and 1932). Right: Lowering of the Snæfells‐
jökull ice cap (area 12.5 km2 in 2000) from 1999 to 2008.
The downwasting
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