was
broken by an
astounding 1,7 degree margin, the former record
being 18.8 degrees, measured in Eskifjörður in the Eastern Fjords on 28 March
2000.
Many local maximum temperature records where
also exceeded,
amongst those at Teigarhorn in the Eastern Fjords where the maximum rose to 18.2 degrees. The daily recording of maximum temperature at Teigarhorn
began in 1872 and the new record exceeded
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