except in January and September. The annual
total was only 74% of the mean.
In Stykkishólmur the precipitation has been measured almost continuously since 1856 (a few months in 1919 are missing). 2010 was the fifth driest of the series; it was driest 1881, 1915, 1916 and 1998. The annual
total was only 65% of the annual average.
In the North and East the
total precipitation in 2010 was slightly
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