Norway · 1991–2020 normal
Sortland in
February.
Typical February weather in Sortland: 0.7°C by day, -4.1°C at night, 107 mm of rain over 15.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high0.7°C
Typical low-4.1°C
Rain107 mm
Wet days15.7
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 48). Daylight is calculated as 7 h 23 from latitude 68.70°. Open-water sea temperature is 5.1°C (20 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in February
At 68.7° the calculated mid-month daylight is 7 h 23. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in February. Typical nights are -4.1°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in February
The measured night-time normal is -4.1°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 3137405
- NOAA station
- NOE00112080 · ANDOYA
- Station distance
- 73.5 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.