Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 1991–2020 normal

Longyearbyen in
March.

Typical March weather in Longyearbyen: -8.8°C by day, -15.5°C at night, 16 mm of rain over 5.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-8.8°C
Typical low-15.5°C
Rain16 mm
Wet days5.9

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 32). Daylight is calculated as 10 h 40 from latitude 78.22°.

Event window

Frost-level nights in March

The measured night-time normal is -15.5°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 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.