- Record watch4.0°C from a recordThe October record here is 13.0°C, set on Thursday, 1 October 2026.The whole record book →
- The opposite of here79.4°C colderVostok, Antarctica is at −70.4°C at this same moment.Go to Vostok →
Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 6.0°C
- Humidity
- 81%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- Variable, 4 km/h
- Pressure
- 997.0 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
The record book, month by month
The highest and lowest here · with the day it happenedWe hold a record for 2 months here so far, September and October. The rest of the year fills in as this station reports through it.
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At 08:00 it was 8.0°C. By 13:00 it was 9.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Highest we have recorded
13.0°C
- Date
- Thursday, 1 October 2026
- Time of day
- 13:49 local
- Location
- Grímsey Arpt, Iceland
- Position
- 66.55°N 18.02°W · 35 m
The highest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 8 days.
Lowest we have recorded
5.0°C
- Date
- Monday, 28 September 2026
- Time of day
- 10:00 local
- Location
- Grímsey Arpt, Iceland
- Position
- 66.55°N 18.02°W · 35 m
The lowest this site has recorded here. Source: Our own observations, 8 days.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
13.0°C
Thu 1 Oct 2026 at 13:49 local
Lowest
5.0°C
Mon 28 Sep 2026 at 10:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Grímsey Arpt since September 2026, across 8 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
By month, from our own record
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 13.0°C | 8.0°C | 10.1°C | 2 | 18 |
| September 2026 | 10.0°C | 5.0°C | 6.9°C | 6 | 58 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals.
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 8 of the 9 days since we started storing this station on 25 September 2026.
Grímsey Arpt (BIGR) is a METAR weather station in Iceland, 35 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here for 8 of the 9 days since 25 September 2026, from 76 observations.
Recent temperature history
The same record at three widths, picking up where the last 24 hours above leaves off. Each period is summarised from the grain that suits it, so nothing here is one reading repeated thousands of times into the page.
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 6 days here, running from 5.0°C to 13.0°C, a spread of 8.0°C.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 13.0°C, lowest 5.0°C, mean 7.7°C. 8 days recorded from 76 readings.
Recent days
Typically 10 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | 9.0°C | 13:00 UTC | 8.0°C | 08:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-01 | 13.0°C | 13:49 UTC | 9.0°C | 08:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-30 | 9.0°C | 16:49 UTC | 8.0°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-29 | 10.0°C | 17:00 UTC | 6.0°C |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationRaufarhofn8.8°C92.8 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyAkureyri Arpt10.0°C99.6 km away
- The opposite of hereVostok−70.4°CAntarctica
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsey |
Tracking history
It is on a run of 8 days now.
- First reading stored8.0°C on our first day here
Where this station is
This station lies about 7,400 km north of the equator. It lies about 0 km short of the Arctic Circle.
Where Grímsey Arpt is
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66.55°N 18.02°W
Grímsey Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-10-02, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps66.5480°N, 18.0200°W
Grímsey Arpt, answered from the data
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Grímsey Arpt?
13.0°C (55.4°F) on Thursday, 1 October 2026. That is the highest this site has recorded at this station. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
Our own observations
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Grímsey Arpt?
5.0°C (41.0°F) on Monday, 28 September 2026. That is the lowest this site has recorded at this station.
Our own observations
What is the temperature in Grímsey Arpt right now?
9.0°C (48.2°F), measured at 17:00 local on Friday 2 October.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Latest reading, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
How these readings are checked
Every reading on this page has passed the checks below. A reading that fails any of them is stored as refused and can never be ranked, shown as a record, or counted in a daily high or low.
324 readings from this station have been refused in the 8 days since readings began being logged against individual stations.
- The reading is recent enough for its network: 324
- 01
Has a real position
A reading with no usable latitude and longitude is discarded. It cannot be ranked, mapped, or compared with its neighbours, and a temperature with no place is not an answer to which place is hottest.
- 02
Position is not a placeholder
Some feeds fill an unknown position with a stand-in value such as 99.99 degrees or an elevation of 9999 m. Those are not coordinates. They are caught separately from a missing position because a station placed at a fake point has no neighbours, so the neighbour check below can never see anything wrong with it.
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The bulletin itself is current
SYNOP arrives as files that are only re-read when they change. A file that has stopped being updated is set aside whole, before any reading inside it is considered.
- 04
The reading is recent enough for its network
Different networks get different windows, because they report at different rates: 2 hours for METAR, which transmits continuously, and 9 hours for SYNOP, which reports at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC. A single rule would have discarded the entire synoptic network, including every station in Antarctica.