as in total during the 40 days of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption a year earlier, i.e. in spring 2010.
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the beginning of observations.
The year was sunny in Akureyri and the total number of
sunshine hours in Akureyri has only once been more.The winter (December 2020 to March 2021)
was in general favorable. Especially in the Southwest, where it was
relatively warm, dry and had particularly
little snow. It was wetter in the Northeast. Stormy weather
was rather uncommon this winter.
The spring
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and the minimum was -17.9 on 29
December.
PrecipitationThe
precipitation was above the 1971 to 2000 mean at most stations. The
excess was largest in the East. Heavy
rainfall in the East and Southeast at
the
end of September resulted in extensive
flooding
from
major rivers in the area.
The
annual total in Reykjavík was 900.4 mm, 10 percent above the 1971 to
2000 mean. In Akureyri
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on the map.
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networks. Two of these applications have now been funded: SVALI (Stability and Variations of Arctic Land Ice, ~40 million NOK applied for to the TRI), under the sub-programme Interaction between Climate Change and the Cryosphere of the TRI; and ICEWIND (Icing and Wind Energy Integration in Northern Norden, total budget ~25 million NOK, ~12 million NOK applied for to the TRI), under the sub-programme
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Reference period: 1961 to 1990.
The total precipitation of 2009 in Reykjavík was 713 mm, which is about 10% below the 1961 to 1990 mean. This was the driest year in Reykjavík since 1995. The first part of the summer was unusually dry in Reykjavík and in most of the South and West. The total precipitation in Akureyri was 652 mm, which is more than 30% above the 1961 to 1990 mean
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and at Torfur in the Northern inland on July 1.
The absolute minimum of the year was recorded at Svartárkot in the Northern inland on
February 12, -29.0°C.
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation anomalies in Iceland 2009
Monthly precipitation anomalies (%) in Reykjavík (SW-Iceland) and Akureyri (North
Iceland) 2009. Reference period: 1961 to 1990.
The total precipitation of 2009 in Reykjavík
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The weather in 2022 was variable, but
the annual mean of temperature, wind and pressure were mostly around average. In the country as a whole the temperature was equal to the
1991 to 2020 mean, but 0.3°C below the mean of the last ten years. It was
relatively warmest around the South coast. The total annual
precipitation was slightly above or slightly below
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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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