Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 1991–2020 normal
Longyearbyen in
February.
Typical February weather in Longyearbyen: -8.3°C by day, -15°C at night, 15 mm of rain over 5 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-8.3°C
Typical low-15°C
Rain15 mm
Wet days5
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 32). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 78.22°.
Event window
Long northern nights in February
At 78.2° the calculated mid-month daylight is none. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in February. Typical nights are -15°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in February
The measured night-time normal is -15°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
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 · 28 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.