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Published 03 December 2009 |
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Record warm November |
Bjørnøya and Sveagruva reached a new record for November with
temperatures far above the normal.
In Bjørnøya, the average temperature measured in November was 1.7 °C, i.e.
5.4 above the normal, reports the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
Measurements started in 1920 and the last record for November temperatures
was only 1.2 °C above normal in 1931.
In Sveagruva, temperatures even exceeded the normal by 8.8 °C with an
average of -2.7 °C. Here the last warmth record dates back to 1993 with -2.9
°C.
In Longyearbyen, the warmest November month was in 1931 (-1.6 °C) and this
years measurement is the second warmest measured since 1911 (-1.9 °C, i.e.
8.4 °C above normal). Temperatures in Ny-Ålesund and Hornsund were -3.3 °C (6.7 °C above normal)
and -0.8 °C (7.5 °C above normal), respectively.
(Source: www.met.no)
Read more:
http://met.no/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=1520 (Norwegian
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