Iceland · 1991–2020 normal
Egilsstaðir in
December.
Typical December weather in Egilsstaðir: 4.1°C by day, -0.5°C at night, 184 mm of rain over 19.5 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high4.1°C
Typical low-0.5°C
Rain184 mm
Wet days19.5
Comfort score 5 this month (August leads the year at 17). Daylight is calculated as 3 h 29 from latitude 65.27°. Open-water sea temperature is 4.2°C (38 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 65.3° the calculated mid-month daylight is 3 h 29. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -0.5°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -0.5°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 2632132
- NOAA station
- IC000004097 · DALATANGI
- Station distance
- 38.1 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 30 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.