the previous record. The automatic station at the same location measured 26.4°C. A manned station has been in operation in Reykjavík
continuously since 1870. A few years are missing from the maximum temperature series, but the new record is very probably valid for the whole period. A new record was also set for Vestmannaeyjar, 21.6°C. There the continuous maximum measurements go back to 1921.
The August
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