Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 1991–2020 normal

Longyearbyen in
August.

Typical August weather in Longyearbyen: 8.2°C by day, 4.4°C at night, 21 mm of rain over 6.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high8.2°C
Typical low4.4°C
Rain21 mm
Wet days6.7

Comfort score 25 this month (July leads the year at 32). Daylight is calculated as 24 h from latitude 78.22°.

Event window

Long daylight in August

Calculated mid-month daylight is 24 h at 78.2°. This is solar geometry, not a station reading.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 2729907
NOAA station
SV000001008 · SVALBARD AIRPORT
Station distance
5 km from the place centre
Coverage
Strong coverage · 29 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.