Askja weather
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Askja Weather Forecast

Iceland · Iceland
Issued: 11 am Sat 17 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

Drizzle on Sat night turning to light snow on Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sat morning, min -4°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Sun night, light winds from the SSE by Mon night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Tue morning, min -6°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
clear
clear
some clouds
rain shwrs
some clouds
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
light snow
clear
Cloud base (m)
4500
800
700
700
450
750
2000
1300
500
500
500
500
450
450
450
450
1250
km/h
25
S
60
SSW
85
S
90
SW
80
SSW
115
SW
85
SW
40
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSE
30
ESE
20
E
35
ESE
30
E
10
SE
30
SSW
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Snowflake cm
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—
—
—
1
6
—
—
1
5
7
5
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—
—
1
1
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 mm
—
—
1.4
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
3
3
2
-3
0
-1
-3
-1
-1
-2
-3
-2
-2
-2
-2
-2
-4
-5
min °C
3
1
-3
-3
-2
-4
-4
-3
-2
-2
-3
-2
-2
-2
-2
-3
-6
-6
 chill °C
-2
-7
-15
-14
-13
-16
-16
-12
-7
-8
-7
-7
-9
-8
-9
-9
-14
-15
Freezing level m
2600
3400
2400
1000
1100
1300
850
1050
1250
1100
800
900
1100
1050
1100
1100
900
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
8:06
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—
8:08
—
—
8:11
—
—
8:15
—
—
8:18
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—
8:22
—
—
Sunset
—
5:37
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—
5:32
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—
5:30
—
—
5:25
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—
5:22
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5:19
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Askja Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Askja is: Drizzle on Sat night turning to light snow on Sun night. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sat morning, min -4°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Sun night, light winds from the SSE by Mon night).

Askja Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Tue afternoon. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -2°C on Tue morning, min -6°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

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
6°C
partially cloudy
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
60 km
94 km WNW
211m alt.
2 hours ago
7°C
clear
No report.
33
Fresh winds from the SSE
(33 kph at 160).
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.
Egilsstadir Airport
115 km ENE
214m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
15
Light winds from the SSW
(15 kph at 210).
0.0 km
Gagnheidi
118 km ENE
949m alt.
1 hour ago
0°C
No report.
120 km NE
48m alt.
3 hours ago
10°C
-
7
Light winds from the E
(7 kph at 90).
Dalatangi (4197 -0)
151 km ENE
11m alt.
1 hour ago
7°C
No report.
11
Light winds from the S
(11 kph at 170).
70 km
153 km S
120m alt.
1 hour ago
9°C
No report.
7
Light winds from the E
(7 kph at 80).
163 km NNE
10m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
No report.
Wind obs. (20 kph from 270 degs) was rejected.
176 km NW
16m alt.
2 hours ago
5°C
clear
No report.
20
Moderate winds from the SSE
(20 kph at 150).
0.0 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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