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Bárðarbunga (Baroarbunga)
Weather Forecast, Iceland

Issued: 11 pm Sat 10 Jan Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Tue afternoon, min -16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Sat night, gales from the NNE by Mon morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Wed night, min -13°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
part cloud
snow showers
light snow
mod snow
mod snow
mod snow
light snow
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
light snow
mod. snow
mod. snow
mod. snow
light snow
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
clear
 km/h
15
E
30
ENE
40
ENE
60
NE
70
NNE
65
NNE
50
NNE
45
N
45
NNW
25
N
15
W
25
WSW
15
S
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
20
SE
1
2
9
6
6
5
1
2
2
2
1
max °C
-14
-14
-14
-14
-14
-14
-14
-15
-13
-12
-12
-12
-10
-10
-10
-10
-10
-10
-10
min °C
-16
-15
-14
-14
-14
-14
-15
-15
-14
-13
-12
-12
-12
-10
-10
-11
-11
-11
-12
-26
-26
-26
-28
-29
-29
-28
-28
-27
-23
-19
-21
-20
-19
-18
-17
-17
-17
-20
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
100
300
350
250
0
100
50
Cloud base (m)
2150
750
700
700
700
700
700
700
700
700
1200
1200
1350
1200
1650
1450
2750
2000
1400
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-15-15-14-14-14-14-15-15-14-13-12-12-11-10-10-11-11-11-11-14-14-13-13-12-12-14-15-14-12-11-11-10-7-7-8-9-8-9-9-8-7-7-7-6-8-10-9-7-6-5-4-2-1-2-3-3-4
Sunrise
10:52
10:49
10:48
10:45
10:42
10:40
Sunset
3:44
3:47
3:49
3:52
3:56
3:59

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Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Bárðarbunga is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Sun night. Extremely cold (max -13°C on Tue afternoon, min -16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Sat night, gales from the NNE by Mon morning).

Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Tue night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -10°C on Wed night, min -13°C on Tue 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.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (7 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
118 km NW
211m alt.
2 hours ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 1).
10.0 km
Low: overcast
Hofn
119 km ESE
5m alt.
1 hour ago
-
11
Light winds from the NNE
(11 kph at 20).
Skardsfjoruviti
126 km S
0m alt.
2 hours ago
-
11
Light winds from the NNE
(11 kph at 20).
130 km NNE
386m alt.
2 hours ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
60 km
Skógarnes
159 km SW
59m alt.
1 hour ago
-
11
Light winds from the ENE
(11 kph at 73).
19
Egilsstadir Airport
165 km ENE
214m alt.
2 hours ago
-2° C
light snow
Light snow.
Wind obs. (17 kph from 20 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: broken
167 km WSW
120m alt.
3 hours ago
-11° C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 118).
0
Gagnheidi
168 km ENE
949m alt.
1 hour ago
-
180 km SW
101m alt.
51 minutes ago
Dry

* 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.