Askja weather
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Askja Weather Forecast

Iceland · Iceland
Issued: 5 pm Tue 13 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Wed morning, min -10°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, severe gales from the WSW by Thu night).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Sun night, min -3°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Sat morning, stormy winds from the W by Sun night).

Tue
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
cloud
snow showers
mod snow
light snow
snow showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloudy
snow shwrs
mod. snow
light snow
snow shwrs
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
Cloud base (m)
1850
500
550
300
400
500
550
1550
550
600
650
600
650
600
550
700
km/h
10
WNW
25
WSW
80
ESE
60
SE
45
WNW
50
NW
45
WNW
75
WSW
75
WSW
70
WSW
55
W
25
SSW
30
SSW
60
S
70
SSW
75
WSW
70
WSW
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Weather map
Snowflake cm
—
1
6
4
6
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-3
-3
-1
-4
-4
-10
-7
-5
-4
-3
0
3
6
3
-1
-1
8
min °C
-4
-5
-3
-4
-8
-10
-10
-6
-4
-3
-2
2
3
-1
-2
-1
0
 chill °C
-10
-15
-14
-14
-20
-22
-21
-16
-15
-14
-11
-3
-3
-10
-12
-11
-9
Freezing level m
1050
800
650
850
850
0
0
650
900
950
1000
2200
3200
1600
1250
1300
3350
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
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Sunrise
—
—
7:56
—
—
7:58
—
—
8:02
—
—
8:06
—
—
8:08
—
—
Sunset
5:51
—
—
5:47
—
—
5:44
—
—
5:39
—
—
5:37
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—
5:32
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Askja Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Askja is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Wed morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -1°C on Wed morning, min -10°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, severe gales from the WSW by Thu night).

Askja Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 8°C on Sun night, min -3°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Sat morning, stormy winds from the W by Sun 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.
53 minutes ago
6°C
partially cloudy
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
60 km
94 km WNW
211m alt.
53 minutes ago
7°C
light rain
No report.
6
Light winds from the SSW
(6 kph at 200).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: broken
Hofn
112 km SE
5m alt.
53 minutes 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
-
Wind obs. (9 kph from 170 degs) was rejected.
0.0 km
Gagnheidi
118 km ENE
949m alt.
53 minutes ago
0°C
No report.
Dalatangi (4197 -0)
151 km ENE
11m alt.
53 minutes ago
7°C
No report.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 170 degs) was rejected.
70 km
153 km S
120m alt.
53 minutes ago
9°C
No report.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
163 km NNE
10m alt.
53 minutes 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
clear
No report.
15
Light winds from the WNW
(15 kph at 290).
6.0 km
177 km NW
17m alt.
53 minutes ago
5°C
No report.
15
Light winds from the WNW
(15 kph at 290).

* 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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