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Svalbard Lufthavn is 3.7 degrees above normal in October

Svalbard WirePublished 20 OctoberReport by the Wire.

Longyear River flows across a gravel plain toward the colourful houses of Longyearbyen, with cloudy mountains rising behind the town.
Longyear River flows across a gravel plain toward Longyearbyen. File picture, June 2012. Photo: In Vitrio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

NRK reported on 23 October that Longyearbyen airport had recorded 39.3 mm of precipitation up to that date. State meteorologist Sigrid Marie Vildskog Auganæs at Meteorologisk institutt (the Norwegian Meteorological Institute) told NRK that this is twice the normal amount. She said Svalbard Lufthavn is warmest, at 3.7 degrees above normal.

Tajet said it was not yet clear where the month will end, with one week left of October at the time of the NRK report.

Coverage: NRK

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