it was on the low side. The
absolute highest pressure of the year was measured at Reykjavík
airport
on 31 December, 1040.1 hPa, but the lowest at Gufuskálar in the west on 20
December,
944.1 hPa.Wind
speed and directionThe mean wind
speed was
below average and stormy days fewer than usual. The wind
speed was
below the 1961 to 1990 mean during the first six months
of the year and
also in
August
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