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Weather forecast for the next 24 hours

Southeasterly, 8-15 m/s by the southwest and west coast and localized gale force wind in the northern part of Snæfellsnes peninsula, but much calmer elsewhere. Partly cloudy in the west and light intermitten rain in some places, but mainly clear in the east. Temperature 0 to 8 deg. C.
Southeast 10-15 m/s by the southwest coast and on Snæfellsnes tomorrow, but calmer winds elsewhere. Mostly fair, but possible drizzle in the southwest in the afternoon. Temperature 4 to 12 deg. C.

Forecast made 03.04.2025 18:49

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Brief eruption comes to an end, but seismicity continues - 3.4.2025

Updated April 3, at 15:25 PM

Analysis of webcam footage, drone videos, and gas measurements show that the eruption, which began at 9:44 AM on April 1st, ended around 4:45 PM the same day. The eruption lasted just over 6 hours, making it the shortest eruption in the current eruption cycle at the Sundhnúkur crater row.

However, the event is not yet over, as small earthquakes continue to be measured along the dike, particularly north of Stóra-Skógfell, although seismic activity has decreased over the past 12 hours. Little earthquake activity is recorded in the southern part of the dike.

Seismic activity has also decreased in areas such as Reykjanestá, Eldey, and Trölladyngja, where triggered seismicity has occurred in recent days

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Eruption at the Sundhnúkur crater row remains likely - 25.3.2025

Updated 25. March at 15:00 UTC

GPS deformation data shows that magma continues to accumulate beneath Svartsengi, although the pace of land uplift has slightly decreased in recent weeks. Despite the slower uplift, experts still consider it likely that a magma intrusion and/or eruption will occur along the Sundhnúkur crater row.

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Earthquake swarm ongoing offshore Reykjanestá - 13.3.2025

At around 14:30 yesterday (12 March 2025), a rather intense earthquake swarm began offshore Reykjanestá. The swarm was most intense at the beginning when about 50 – 60 earthquakes were recorded in the first few hours. As the day progressed, the activity decreased but then increased again shortly before midnight when an earthquake of magnitude 3.5 occurred. When the activity increased again in the evening, it shifted slightly westward as the image shows (blue circles indicate the location of earthquakes that occurred at the beginning of the swarm yesterday, while yellow and red ones show earthquakes from late last evening and night).

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Red weather warnings in effect today – no travel recommended - 5.2.2025

A southerly storm or violent storm is expected later today and tomorrow, with very strong wind gusts, widely 35 – 45 m/s and especially near mountains, but locally exceeding 50 m/s. Considerable or heavy rain is expected in the south and the west regions of the country. More details can be found here.

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The weather in Iceland in 2024 - 5.2.2025

The year 2024 was remarkably cold compared to temperatures of this century. The national average temperature was 0.8 degrees below the 1991 to 2020 mean, and it was the coldest year since 1998. Lowest relative temperature was inland in the North, while it was warmer along the southern coast. The summer was wet across the entire country, but other months of the year were relatively dry. Overall, the year was drier than average in the eastern, southern, and southwestern parts of the country, but wetter than average in the North and West, which experienced heavy rain during summer. The sea level pressure was unusually low from June through August, and the summer was characterized by frequent low-pressure system passage and unfavourable weather. During other seasons, the weather was relatively calm, and annual mean seal level pressure and wind speed were around average.

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New weather forecast website launched - 3.2.2025

The first phase of the Icelandic Meteorological Office's (IMO) new website was launched today. This marks the beginning of a major project aimed at renewing both the website and its entire technical infrastructure.

The new weather forecast website is available at https://gottvedur.is/en/. While the site is still in development, once the renewal of the current website is complete, the new weather pages will be moved to the domain vedur.is.

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