Records for Iceland
These are current rankings among the stations reporting to us, not records. They change through the day. This is the most extreme figure we have observed since we started storing readings, not an official record.
Iceland, answered from the data
Where is the hottest place in Iceland right now?
Dalatangi, at 9.6°C. That is the highest reading today among the 29 stations we track in Iceland, not a claim about every place in the country.
Our own observations, today
Where is the coldest place in Iceland right now?
Egilsstaðir Arpt, at −1.0°C, the lowest reading today among the stations we track in Iceland.
Our own observations, today
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Iceland?
29.4°C at Akureyri Arpt, on 23 June 1974. That is the highest in the 13 station archives we hold for Iceland. It is not an official national record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Iceland?
−23.0°C at Akureyri Arpt, on 9 March 1969, the lowest in the archives we hold for Iceland. The same caveat applies: it is the deepest figure in our archives rather than a certified national record.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
How many weather stations report from Iceland?
29, of which 13 carry a historical archive. Every figure on this page is drawn from those stations, so it describes what the network saw rather than the whole country.
Our station register
Stations
- Akureyri ArptBIAR · 1 m
- AkurnesBIHN · 17 m
- Bildudalur ArptBIBD · 10 m
- Bolungavik04005 · 23 m
- Dalatangi04197 · 10 m
- Dalatangi04097 · 9 m
- Egilsstaðir ArptBIEG · 20 m
- Eyrarbakki04038 · 5 m
- Gjögur ArptBIGJ · 32 m
- Grimsey04165 · 16 m
- Grímsey ArptBIGR · 35 m
- Grimsstadir04073 · 384 m
- Gufuskalar04104 · 6 m
- Höfn/Hornafjörður ArptBIHN · 8 m
- Huasij ArptBIHU · 15 m
- Ísafjörður ArptBIIS · 3 m
- Keflavik IntlBIKF · 49 m
- KeflavikurflugvollurBIKF · 52 m
- Kirkjubaejarklaustur04064 · 32 m
- RaufarhofnBIRG · 8 m
- Reykjavik04130 · 52 m
- ReykjavikBIRK · 54 m
- Reykjavik ArptBIRK · 12 m
- SkjaldthingsstadirBIVO · 44 m
- StykkisholmurBIST · 8 m
- Vestmannaeyjar