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Bárðarbunga (Baroarbunga)
Weather Forecast, Iceland

Issued: 5 am Sun 01 Mar Local Time
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Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Tue night, min -18°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, severe gales from the SSW by Tue night).

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri morning. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Fri night, min -16°C on Wed night). Mainly gales.

Sunday
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
6
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
snow showers
snow showers
snow showers
heavy snow
snow showers
snow showers
clear
clear
clear
snow showers
snow showers
light snow
part cloud
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
some clouds
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
heavy snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
clear
clear
clear
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
light snow
some clouds
 km/h
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNW
25
NW
55
NW
50
W
55
SSW
75
S
70
S
55
SW
55
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
45
SSE
50
SSW
30
S
2
2
7
31
2
2
2
7
2
max °C
-14
-13
-14
-16
-17
-10
-8
-5
-4
-15
-15
-16
-15
-15
-15
-14
-14
-11
min °C
-15
-14
-16
-17
-18
-17
-10
-6
-14
-15
-15
-16
-16
-15
-16
-14
-14
-16
-20
-18
-26
-28
-33
-31
-22
-18
-28
-29
-29
-29
-25
-25
-24
-26
-27
-27
0
0
0
0
0
0
500
900
1200
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Cloud base (m)
750
750
750
800
750
750
700
750
750
1400
1550
750
1400
700
1250
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-15-14-15-17-18-14-9-6-9-15-15-16-16-15-16-14-14-14-13-13-15-17-17-12-6-3-6-11-11-13-13-12-13-11-11-11-8-8-10-12-11-7131-4-4-8-6-5-7-4-4-6
Sunrise
8:18
8:15
8:11
8:07
8:04
8:00
Sunset
6:25
6:30
6:32
6:36
6:38
6:42

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Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Bárðarbunga is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Tue night. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Tue night, min -18°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, severe gales from the SSW by Tue night).

Bárðarbunga Weather (Days 3-6):

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri morning. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Fri night, min -16°C on Wed night). Mainly gales.

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
Jökulsárlón
87 km SE
17m alt.
40 minutes ago
2° C
-
28
Moderate winds from the NW
(28 kph at 326).
35
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
-
6
Light winds from the N
(6 kph at 1).
10.0 km
Low: few
Hofn
119 km ESE
5m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
Skardsfjoruviti
126 km S
0m alt.
2 hours ago
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
130 km NNE
386m alt.
2 hours ago
-
4
Calm
(4 kph at 350).
60 km
Skógarnes
159 km SW
59m alt.
40 minutes ago
-
2
Calm
(2 kph at 341).
4
Egilsstadir Airport
165 km ENE
214m alt.
1 hour ago
light snow
Light snow.
0
Calm
(0 kph at 0).
1.2 km
167 km WSW
120m alt.
1 hour ago
-6° C
-
0
Calm
(0 kph at 55).
0
Gagnheidi
168 km ENE
949m alt.
2 hours ago
-

* 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.