was 5.5°
C, 1.2°
C above the 1961 to 1990 mean. In Akureyri the average was 4.3°
C, 1.1°
C above the mean. The first three months of the year were particularly warm as were July and August. No month was cold. At the individual stations Surtsey off the southern coast had the highest annual mean temperature, 6.8°
C. The lowest annual mean was measured at Brúarjökull, on the lowest part of a glacier
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