Askja weather
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Askja Weather Forecast

Iceland · Iceland
Issued: 11 am Fri 23 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Sun night, min -9°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri morning, near gales from the N by Sun morning).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Mon morning, min -7°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (gales from the ENE on Tue morning, calm by Wed night).

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
snow showers
light snow
cloud
light snow
mod snow
mod snow
mod snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod snow
mod snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
clear
clear
snow shwrs
light snow
cloudy
light snow
mod. snow
mod. snow
mod. snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
mod. snow
heavy snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
5950
2200
2000
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
450
400
400
450
450
450
500
km/h
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
E
10
ENE
25
NNE
50
N
25
N
15
N
10
NE
15
E
45
ENE
75
ENE
60
NE
50
NNE
25
N
10
N
0
SW
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Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
—
1
2
—
4
10
8
7
1
2
5
10
10
14
5
2
1
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-7
-7
-7
-8
-8
-6
-6
-6
-4
-3
-4
-3
-3
-4
-4
-5
-6
-5
min °C
-7
-7
-8
-9
-9
-7
-7
-6
-5
-4
-4
-4
-4
-4
-5
-6
-6
-7
 chill °C
-13
-11
-14
-15
-14
-13
-18
-14
-12
-8
-10
-11
-15
-14
-14
-12
-10
-7
Freezing level m
0
0
0
0
0
100
400
300
500
750
850
900
850
800
750
600
500
250
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-7-7-8-9-9-7-7-6-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-6-6-6-5-5-6-6-6-4-4-4-3-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-4-4-2-2-3-1-11323556555431
Sunrise
8:25
—
—
8:27
—
—
8:32
—
—
8:34
—
—
8:37
—
—
8:41
—
—
Sunset
—
5:15
—
—
5:12
—
—
5:07
—
—
5:05
—
—
5:00
—
—
4:58
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Askja Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Askja is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Sun night, min -9°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Fri morning, near gales from the N by Sun morning).

Askja Weather (Days 3-6):

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Mon morning, min -7°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (gales from the ENE on Tue morning, calm by Wed night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Askja at the specific elevation of 1516 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.
1 hour ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
60 km
94 km WNW
211m alt.
2 hours ago
7°C
clear
No report.
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
5°C
clear
-
11
Light winds from the NNW
(11 kph at 330).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: few
Egilsstadir Airport
115 km ENE
214m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 1).
0.0 km
Gagnheidi
118 km ENE
949m alt.
3 hours ago
0°C
No report.
120 km NE
48m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
19
Light winds from the SSW
(19 kph at 210).
0.0 km
120 km NE
48m alt.
3 hours ago
0°C
-
15
Light winds from the SSW
(15 kph at 200).
Thorshofn Airport
148 km NNE
20m alt.
2 hours ago
3°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
7
Light winds from the SW
(7 kph at 230).
10.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: scattered
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

* 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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