Weather in Longyearbyen

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+36° Rain

Hourly forecast

Today10/16 Temperature°F Cloudiness Precipitation Windmph Wind gusts Humidity PressureinHg Dew point°F Visibilitymi UV index
Hourly forecast — Longyearbyen

Forecast in words

Today

Expect rain. Daytime high +36°, overnight low +28°. Wind up to 6 mph. Precipitation likely — up to 75%.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow snow: daytime +27°, nighttime +16°, 9° colder.

Week

Seven days ahead fall within +7°…+37°. Weekly maximum — +37° (Wed). Nighttime weekly low: +7° (Sun). There will be almost no dry days this week. It warms up by the end of the week.

Week vs norm

  1. Today 10/16 +36° +15° usually +21°
  2. Tomorrow 10/17 +27° +6° usually +21°
  3. Sun 10/18 +23° +3° usually +20°
  4. Mon 10/19 +34° +14° usually +20°
  5. Tue 10/20 +32° +12° usually +20°
  6. Wed 10/21 +37° +18° usually +20°
  7. Thu 10/22 +37° +18° usually +20°
  8. Fri 10/23 +36° +16° usually +20°

Difference between forecast daytime high and the 1991–2020 norm for this date.

This day, October 16

Today is warmer than usual for this date.

  • Heat record +36° 2017
  • Cold record −4° 1993
  • Most precipitation 0.5 in 1999
  • Strongest gust 40 mph 2005

Records for this calendar date, 1991-2024, ERA5 reanalysis.

Climate in Longyearbyen

Today is about 14° warmer than usual for October.

Climate normals by month, Longyearbyen
Month Daytime / Nighttime Average Precipitation in
Jan +8° / +1° +5° 2.2
Feb +8° / +1° +4° 1.7
Mar +7° / 0° +4° 1.8
Apr +14° / +7° +11° 1.3
May +25° / +21° +23° 1.3
Jun +35° / +31° +33° 1.1
Jul +43° / +38° +41° 1.6
Aug +41° / +36° +39° 2.0
Sep +32° / +28° +30° 2.2
Oct +21° / +15° +18° 2.0
Nov +15° / +9° +12° 2.3
Dec +11° / +4° +7° 2.2

Climatic normals for 1991–2025 years from ERA5-Land reanalysis.

Astronomical data

Sunrise / sunset 9:35 AM | 3:47 PM
Moon — | —
Moon phase Waxing crescent 29%
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