A cold December

Photo: María H. Tryggvadóttir

The last December was unusually cold across Iceland. In Akureyri, the average temperature was -5.3 degrees, 4.6 degrees below the average for the last ten years. This was the seventh coldest December since the beginning of measurements in Akureyri, and the coldest since 1973.

Snow came unusually late this winter, both in Akureyri and Reykjavík. The first all-white day in Akureyri was recorded December 11th, which is unusually late. There were 21 completely white days in Akureyri in December, three more than the average from 1991 to 2020.