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Weather forecast for the next 24 hours
Northerly winds 5-13 m/s. Rain or sleet, with snow in the mountains, but mostly dry in the south and west. Winds will ease this evening, with rain or drizzle in many areas, but sleet or snow in the mountains in the west. Temperatures between 0 and 7 deg. C.
Light variable winds in most areas tomorrow, partly cloudy and mostly dry in the south, but rain or sleet in the north and east. Precipitation will gradually decrease and may even clear up. Little change in temperature.
Forecast made 25.10.2026 12:09
Forecaster's remarks
Expecting north winds with sleet or snow in mountain areas in North- and East-Iceland today (Sunday). Travellers are advised to plan accordingly by monitoring weather forecasts and road conditions.
Prepared by the meteorologist on duty 25.10.2026 12:09
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Preliminary results
Earthquakes
Earthquakes during last 48 hours. at 25 Oct 13:20 GMT
Biggest earthquakes during the last 48 hours
| Size | Time | Quality | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 24 Oct 14:06:24 | Checked | 105.8 km NNE of Kolbeinsey |
| 2.6 | 24 Oct 14:10:01 | Checked | 105.2 km NNE of Kolbeinsey |
| 2.2 | 23 Oct 15:02:37 | Checked | 2.1 km SSW of Víti |
| 1.8 | 23 Oct 21:50:01 | Checked | 15.9 km SSE of Grímsey |
| 1.5 | 24 Oct 23:49:17 | Checked | 6.9 km SW of Geirfugladrangur |
| 1.4 | 23 Oct 23:28:02 | Checked | 3.5 km W of Geirfugladrangur |
Week overview -
Earthquake activity throughout the country is described in a weekly summary that is written by a Natural Hazard Specialist. The weekly summary is published on the web every Tuesday. It covers the activity of the previous week in all seismic areas and volcanic systems in the country. If earthquake swarms are ongoing or significant events such as larger earthquakes have occurred during the week, they are specifically discussed. More
Hydrology
Average flow and temperature last 24 hours
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Remarks of a specialist
Due to malfunction we have turned off the service publishing hydrological data on the map. Instead see the data using our Rauntímavöktunarkerfi.
Written by a specialist at 23 Oct 21:23 GMT
Avalanche forecasts are now published on Icelandic Met Office’s new website:
New avalanche pages on gottvedur.is/en
News from the Icelandic Met Office’s landslide monitoring service are now published on a new site for landslide warnings on gottvedur.is
News
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The weather app improved
Weather forecasts and the current weather condition can be checked through an improved weather app provided by IMO.
Forecasts are now provided for each hour and the meteograms are available again.
Location is detected if GPS on; alerts issued by the Met Office appear automatically during the day and a personal weather watch can be arranged.
An interactive weather map shows weather observations at any station in the country.
Read moreNew publications and research
- Guðrún Nína Petersen (2025). Alviðruhamrar - Meteorological conditions
- Michelle Parks, Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Vincent Drouin, Ásta R. Hjartardóttir, Halldór Geirsson, Andrew Hooper, Kristín S. Vogfjörð, Benedikt G. Ófeigsson, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, Esther H. Jensen, Páll Einarsson, Sara Barsotti & Hildur M. Friðriksdóttir. (2023).
- Sahar Rahpeyma, Benedikt Halldórsson, Birgir Hrafnkelsson & Atefe Darzi. (2023). Frequency-dependent site amplification functions for key geological units in Iceland from a Bayesian hierarchical model for earthquake strong-motions.
- Sara Klaasen, Solvi Thrastarson, Yesim Cubuk-Sabuncu, Kristín Jónsdóttir, Lars Gebraad, Patrick Paitz & Andreas Fichtner. Subclacial volvano monitoring with fiber-optic sensing: Grímsvötn, Iceland. (2023).
- Ismael Vera Rodriquez, Marius P. Isken, Torsten Dahm, Oliver D. Lamb, Sin-Mei Wu, Sigríður Kristjánsdóttir, Kristín Jónsdóttir, Pilar Sanchez-Pastor, John Clinton, Christopher Wollin, Alan F. Baird, Andreas Wuestefeld, Beat Booz, Eva P.S.Eibl, Sebastian Heimann, Bettina P. Goertz-Allmann, Philippe Jousset, Volker Qye, Vala Hjörleifsdóttir, Anne Obermann. (2002).
- Lamb, O.D., Gestrich, J.E., Barnie, T.D., Jónsdóttir, K., Ducrocq, C., Shore, M.J., Lees, J.M., Lee, S.J (2022). Acoustic observations of lava fountain activity during the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption, Iceland. Bull Volcanol 84, 96. doi.org/10.1007/s00445-022-01602-3
- Freysteinn Sigmundsson, Michelle Parks, Andrew Hooper, Halldór Geirsson, Kristín S. Vogfjörd, Vincent Drouin, Benedikt G. Ófeigsson, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, Sigurlaug Hjaltadóttir, Kristín Jónsdóttir, Páll Einarsson, Sara Barsotti, Josef Horálek & Thorbjörg Ágústsdóttir (2022). Deformation and seismicity decline before the 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption. Nature 609, 523–528. doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05083-4
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