Askja weather
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Askja Weather Forecast

Iceland · Iceland
Issued: 5 am Fri 23 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Sun night, min -6°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, near gales from the NNW by Sun morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Mon night, min -3°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Mon morning, near gales from the NE by Tue morning).

Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
mod snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
mod. snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
1650
1950
2100
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
400
400
450
500
500
700
km/h
5
S
5
SW
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
20
NNW
50
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NE
10
E
35
ENE
60
NE
55
NE
30
N
10
ENE
15
SSE
35
SW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
—
—
—
3
8
5
3
2
1
4
6
5
7
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-4
-4
-5
-6
-5
-3
-4
-3
-1
-1
-1
0
-1
-1
-2
-3
-2
-2
min °C
-5
-5
-5
-6
-6
-5
-4
-4
-2
-1
-1
-1
-1
-2
-3
-3
-3
-3
 chill °C
-8
-7
-7
-11
-10
-11
-14
-10
-7
-5
-4
-10
-10
-11
-10
-6
-8
-8
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
150
450
400
650
800
850
950
850
750
600
500
500
500
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-7-7-8-9-9-7-6-6-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-6-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-4-4-4-2-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-3-2-21334556554310
Sunrise
8:25
—
—
8:27
—
—
8:32
—
—
8:34
—
—
8:37
—
—
8:41
—
—
Sunset
—
5:15
—
—
5:12
—
—
5:07
—
—
5:05
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—
5:00
—
—
4:58
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Askja Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Askja is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Sun morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Sun night, min -6°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri afternoon, near gales from the NNW by Sun morning).

Askja Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max 0°C on Mon night, min -3°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Mon morning, near gales from the NE by Tue morning).

This table gives the weather forecast for Askja at the specific elevation of 1000 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Askja. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table.For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of Iceland.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
73 km NNE
386m alt.
2 hours ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
60 km
94 km WNW
211m alt.
2 hours ago
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
0.0 km
Hofn
112 km SE
5m alt.
1 hour ago
8°C
No report.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
Hjardarnes Horna
115 km SE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
2°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
9
Light winds from the N
(9 kph at 350).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
Egilsstadir Airport
115 km ENE
214m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
6
Light winds from the NE.(Wind varies from 020 to 080 degs)
(6 kph at 40).
0.0 km
Gagnheidi
118 km ENE
949m alt.
2 hours ago
0°C
No report.
Dalatangi (4197 -0)
151 km ENE
11m alt.
2 hours ago
7°C
No report.
11
Light winds from the S
(11 kph at 170).
70 km
153 km S
120m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
163 km NNE
10m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
No report.
20
Moderate winds from the W
(20 kph at 270).
176 km NW
16m alt.
2 hours ago
5°C
partially cloudy
No report.
Wind obs. (15 kph from 290 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: broken

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones.

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