Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 1991–2020 normal
Longyearbyen in
October.
Typical October weather in Longyearbyen: -1.5°C by day, -6.1°C at night, 16 mm of rain over 5.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-1.5°C
Typical low-6.1°C
Rain16 mm
Wet days5.7
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 32). Daylight is calculated as 5 h 44 from latitude 78.22°.
Event window
Long northern nights in October
At 78.2° the calculated mid-month daylight is 5 h 44. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are -6.1°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in October
The measured night-time normal is -6.1°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.