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Hofsjokull Weather Forecast

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

A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Wed morning, min -11°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue afternoon, severe gales from the ESE by Wed morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Sun night, min -5°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri night, extremely windy from the SSE by Sat 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
light snow
light snow
mod snow
light snow
snow showers
snow showers
cloud
cloud
light snow
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
light snow
cloud
light rain
light snow
light snow
mod. snow
light snow
snow shwrs
snow shwrs
cloudy
cloudy
light snow
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
light snow
cloudy
light rain
Cloud base (m)
650
650
1150
1100
1200
1150
700
700
750
750
800
750
750
700
700
750
800
km/h
10
W
20
S
75
ESE
50
ESE
30
NNW
70
NNW
40
NW
55
WSW
60
SW
50
WSW
40
W
40
SSW
65
S
100
S
70
SSW
60
WSW
65
WSW
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Weather map
Snowflake cm
1
1
10
3
5
2
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
3
5
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.1
max °C
-5
-6
-3
-5
-6
-11
-9
-6
-5
-5
-3
-2
-2
-1
-3
-1
5
min °C
-6
-7
-3
-6
-10
-11
-11
-8
-5
-5
-4
-3
-2
-4
-4
-2
0
 chill °C
-12
-14
-14
-14
-23
-25
-22
-18
-16
-15
-13
-12
-12
-15
-15
-12
-9
Freezing level m
950
700
600
900
750
0
0
600
850
850
950
900
1000
1600
1150
1200
3450
Sea lvl1000m2000m3000m4000m5000m
-6-7-3-6-8-11-10-7-5-5-4-3-2-3-4-23-1-2-1-1-5-9-7-3-1-1-1-11212464662-3-23666678888
Sunrise
—
—
8:03
—
—
8:07
—
—
8:10
—
—
8:12
—
—
8:17
—
—
Sunset
6:00
—
—
5:57
—
—
5:52
—
—
5:50
—
—
5:45
—
—
5:43
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Hofsjokull Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Hofsjokull is: A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Wed morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -3°C on Wed morning, min -11°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue afternoon, severe gales from the ESE by Wed morning).

Hofsjokull Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun morning. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 5°C on Sun night, min -5°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (fresh winds from the SW on Fri night, extremely windy from the SSE by Sat night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Hofsjokull at the specific elevation of 1782 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Hofsjokull. 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
101 km WSW
120m alt.
1 hour ago
5°C
Dry
0
Calm
(0 kph at 274).
0
107 km NNE
211m alt.
51 minutes ago
7°C
light rain
No report.
7
Light winds from the S
(7 kph at 170).
10.0 km
Low: broken
119 km SSE
120m alt.
51 minutes ago
9°C
No report.
Wind obs. (7 kph from 80 degs) was rejected.
126 km SSW
101m alt.
1 hour ago
4°C
Dry
3
Calm
(3 kph at 169).
6
Skardsfjoruviti
148 km SSE
0m alt.
51 minutes ago
10°C
No report.
Wind obs. (11 kph from 200 degs) was rejected.
149 km SSW
5m alt.
51 minutes ago
9°C
No report.
Wind obs. (17 kph from 140 degs) was rejected.
Reykjavik Airport
161 km SW
216m alt.
2 hours ago
6°C
partially cloudy
Dry and partly cloudy.
11
Light winds from the SE
(11 kph at 140).
10.0 km
Low: few
Mid: scattered
161 km SW
23m alt.
2 hours ago
4°C
-
162 km SW
61m alt.
51 minutes ago
9°C
cloudy
Distant precipitation but not falling at station.
11
Light winds from the ESE
(11 kph at 110).
25 km
162 km SW
61m alt.
51 minutes ago
9°C
cloudy
No report.
Wind obs. (9 kph from 110 degs) was rejected.
25 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.