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.