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– Lat/Long: 66.42° S 162.45° E

Young Island
Weather Forecast, Antarctica

Issued: 5 pm Thu 13 Aug Local Time
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Days 1–4 Weather Summary

A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Thu afternoon, min -18°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (gales from the N on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Sun night, min -24°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sun night, stormy winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Thu
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
light snow
snow showers
mod snow
light snow
part cloud
part cloud
light snow
cloud
clear
cloud
mod snow
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
snow showers
light snow
snow shwrs
mod. snow
light snow
some clouds
some clouds
light snow
cloudy
clear
cloudy
mod. snow
cloudy
cloudy
clear
cloudy
cloudy
snow shwrs
Cloud base (m)
150
150
350
0
km/h
65
N
40
NW
65
E
10
W
40
NW
5
SE
20
S
25
N
45
WNW
65
W
10
N
40
SW
35
SW
70
WSW
80
WSW
55
W
55
WSW
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Snowflake cm
5
2
7
4
1
7
2
 mm
max °C
-4
-8
-10
-11
-13
-13
-15
-17
-15
-12
-11
-17
-20
-15
-15
-16
-19
min °C
-6
-10
-11
-13
-13
-14
-17
-18
-15
-13
-14
-19
-21
-22
-15
-17
-24
 chill °C
-15
-21
-20
-26
-27
-22
-28
-28
-28
-27
-25
-32
-36
-38
-31
-30
-41
Freezing level m
150
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Sunrise
9:30
9:26
9:22
9:18
9:15
Sunset
4:55
4:59
5:02
5:06
5:09
5:13

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Young Island Weather (Days 0-3):

The weather forecast for Young Island is: A moderate fall of snow, heaviest on Fri morning. Temperatures will be below freezing (max -4°C on Thu afternoon, min -18°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (gales from the N on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat morning).

Young Island Weather (Days 3-6):

A light covering of new snow mostly falling on Sun night. Extremely cold (max -11°C on Sun night, min -24°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Sun night, stormy winds from the WSW by Mon night).

This table gives the weather forecast for Young Island at the specific elevation of 1340 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Young Island. 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 Antarctica.

Live conditions reported by 10 closest weather stations

Weather StationTemp.WeatherWindGusts
Cloud
Visibility
Cloud / Visibility
Jang Bogo Station
917 km S
29m alt.
58 minutes ago
-22° C
-
Wind obs. (11 kph from 240 degs) was rejected.
40 km
Mid: overcast
Dumont Durville
992 km SW
111m alt.
58 minutes ago
-8° C
heavy snow
Heavy drifting snow, above eye level.
80
Severe gales from the SE
(80 kph at 130).
0.1 km
Mid: overcast
Williams Field
1286 km S
8m alt.
2 hours ago
-26° C
cloudy
Dry and cloudy.
Wind obs. (6 kph from 70 degs) was rejected.
10.0 km
Low: overcast
1344 km N
6m alt.
58 minutes ago
3° C
No report.
69
Gales from the WNW
(69 kph at 290).
lightning
1463 km N
0m alt.
3 hours ago
thunderstorm
Thunderstorm
1589 km NNE
16m alt.
58 minutes ago
9° C
-
24
Moderate winds from the NW
(24 kph at 320).
EnderbyIslandAws
1787 km N
40m alt.
58 minutes ago
10° C
-
43
Strong winds from the NNW
(43 kph at 330).
Sails Ashore Lodge
2199 km NNE
25m alt.
58 minutes ago
12° C
Dry
6
Light winds from the S
(6 kph at 180).
Stewart Island
2200 km NNE
24m alt.
58 minutes ago
11° C
Dry
6
Light winds from the W
(6 kph at 270).
2217 km NNE
52m alt.
48 minutes ago
No weather report.
7
Light winds from the W
(7 kph at 270).

* 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.