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Bárðarbunga (Baroarbunga) Weather Forecast

Iceland · Iceland
Issued: 11 am Sun 18 Oct Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Sun night, min -9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Sun night, light winds from the SSE by Tue night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Wed morning, min -12°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
snow showers
heavy snow
heavy snow
snow showers
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
mod snow
heavy snow
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
snow shwrs
heavy snow
heavy snow
snow shwrs
light snow
heavy snow
light snow
mod. snow
heavy snow
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
Cloud base (m)
750
700
700
750
1350
700
700
700
700
700
700
700
750
750
km/h
90
SW
95
SSW
100
SW
80
SW
65
SSW
45
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
5
W
10
W
25
WSW
30
SW
20
SW
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Snowflake cm
3
16
29
4
2
11
2
7
17
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—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
max °C
-6
-4
-3
-8
-4
-3
-6
-6
-6
-7
-7
-10
-9
-8
-9
-10
-10
-11
min °C
-7
-6
-9
-9
-5
-6
-7
-6
-7
-8
-8
-11
-9
-9
-10
-10
-10
-12
 chill °C
-20
-19
-23
-23
-16
-16
-16
-14
-15
-15
-14
-18
-14
-12
-18
-19
-19
-21
Freezing level m
900
950
1150
700
800
1300
800
800
750
350
650
0
0
250
200
0
0
0
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-7-5-6-9-5-5-7-6-7-8-8-11-9-9-10-10-10-12-4-3-3-5-3-2-4-4-5-6-6-10-8-8-8-9-9-1024423422100-5-3-2-2-4-3-5
Sunrise
8:10
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—
8:14
—
—
8:17
—
—
8:19
—
—
8:22
—
—
8:26
—
—
Sunset
—
5:37
—
—
5:34
—
—
5:30
—
—
5:27
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—
5:23
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—
5:20
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Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Bárðarbunga is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Sun night, min -9°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (extremely windy from the SW on Sun night, light winds from the SSE by Tue night).

Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 3-6):

Mostly dry. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -7°C on Wed morning, min -12°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

This table gives the weather forecast for Bárðarbunga at the specific elevation of 2009 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Bárðarbunga. 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
98 km S
120m alt.
48 minutes ago
9°C
No report.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
118 km NW
211m alt.
48 minutes ago
7°C
partially cloudy
No report.
43
Strong winds from the S
(43 kph at 180).
10.0 km
Low: broken
Hofn
119 km ESE
5m alt.
48 minutes ago
8°C
No report.
11
Light winds from the SSW
(11 kph at 200).
Hjardarnes Horna
121 km ESE
10m alt.
2 hours ago
7°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
33
Fresh winds from the SSW
(33 kph at 210).
7.0 km
Low: scattered
Mid: broken
Skardsfjoruviti
126 km S
0m alt.
48 minutes ago
10°C
No report.
11
Light winds from the SSW
(11 kph at 200).
130 km NNE
386m alt.
48 minutes ago
6°C
partially cloudy
No report.
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
60 km
Egilsstadir Airport
165 km ENE
214m alt.
2 hours ago
clear
-
37
Fresh winds from the SSW
(37 kph at 200).
0.0 km
167 km WSW
120m alt.
1 hour ago
5°C
Dry
3
Calm
(3 kph at 193).
42
Gagnheidi
168 km ENE
949m alt.
48 minutes ago
0°C
No report.
178 km NE
48m alt.
1 hour ago
11°C
clear
-
52
Near gales from the SSW
(52 kph at 200).
10.0 km
Low: few

* 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.