Our synoptic decoder reads air temperature only, so this station reports no dew point, wind or pressure here.
77 Novembers on record
Average high · NOAA GHCN-DailyThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
10.7°
Fri 4 Jan 2013
−19.7°
Sat 30 Jan 1971
Feb
10.2°
Mon 25 Feb 2013
−17.6°
Fri 7 Feb 1969
Mar
13.0°
Wed 31 Mar 1965
−16.4°
Sun 9 Mar 1969
Apr
17.1°
Tue 30 Apr 2019
−16.4°
Mon 1 Apr 1968
May
20.6°
Record high
11.0°C
Sat 6 Nov 2004
Record low
−8.8°C
Fri 6 Nov 1998
Average high
5.4°C
all years on record
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Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 45.4°C.
From our dataRecord high 25.7°C against record low −19.7°C. - 2
At 12:00 it was 6.4°C. By 12:00 it was 6.4°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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4.6°C short of the record for 6 November
Today’s high 6.4°C against 11.0°C in 2004. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
25.7°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 30 July 2008
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Position
- 64.13°N 21.90°W · 54 m
The highest in available records since 1949. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1949 to 2026.
All-time record low
−19.7°C
- Date
- Saturday, 30 January 1971
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Position
- 64.13°N 21.90°W · 54 m
The lowest in available records since 1949. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1949 to 2026.
Where this station is
This station lies about 7,100 km north of the equator. It lies about 300 km short of the Arctic Circle.
Where Reykjavik is
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64.13°N 21.90°W
Reykjavik
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-05, 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 Maps64.1333°N, 21.9000°W
By month, from our own record
For the long record, see Reykjavik’s average and record temperature for every month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 8.9°C | 3.6°C | - | 3 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 9.4°C | −0.4°C | 4.2°C | 15 | 33 |
| September 2026 | 12.2°C | 5.2°C | 8.4°C | 6 of 7 | 13 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals. Some days were recorded before we began counting observations and contribute their high and low but not the mean.
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationReykjavik6.4°C0 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyEyrarbakki7.6°C47.2 km away
- Coldest nearbyKeflavik Intl2.0°C38.5 km away, today's low
- The opposite of hereDavis Lgb 46 Aws−57.6°CAntarctica
Reykjavik (BIRK) is a SYNOP weather station in Iceland, 54 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here for 25 of the 46 days since 22 September 2026. We have stored 52 observations across the 24 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
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 4 days here, running from 3.6°C to 8.9°C, a spread of 5.3°C.
Recent highlights
- and the 1 days before it
Fell to −0.4°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 0.2°C on Fri 23 Oct 2026.
Reached 9.4°C, its highest of October, beating 7.8°C on Sun 4 Oct 2026.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
12.2°C
Wed 30 Sep 2026 at 06:00 local
Lowest
−0.4°C
Sat 24 Oct 2026 at 00:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Reykjavik since September 2026, across 25 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 12.2°C, lowest −0.4°C, mean 5.6°C. 25 days recorded from 52 readings.
Recent days
Readings on 25 of the last 30 days. Typically 2 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-04 | 6.4°C | 12:00 UTC | 6.4°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-03 | 8.9°C | 00:00 UTC | 7.3°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-01 | 7.9°C | 18:00 UTC | 3.6°C | 00:00 UTC |
| 2026-10-31 | 4.0°C | 18:00 UTC |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for 25 of the 46 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
Its last day with a reading was Wed 4 Nov 2026. Its longest unbroken run is 6 days.
- First reading stored8.7°C on our first day here
Reykjavik, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Reykjavik?
The warmest month on record here is July, when the highest reading has reached 25.7°C (78.3°F) on Wednesday, 30 July 2008.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Reykjavik?
The coldest month on record here is January, when the lowest reading has fallen to −19.7°C (−3.5°F) on Saturday, 30 January 1971.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Reykjavik?
25.7°C (78.3°F) on Wednesday, 30 July 2008. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1949. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Reykjavik?
−19.7°C (−3.5°F) on Saturday, 30 January 1971. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1949.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Reykjavik right now?
6.4°C (43.5°F), measured at 12:00 local on Wednesday 4 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Is Reykjavik getting hotter?
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA WMO SYNOP bulletins. SYNOP is the surface synoptic report that national weather services file to the WMO, typically at the main hours of 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC and often three hourly between them. It covers places with no airport, which is why the coldest readings on Earth arrive this way.
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Latest reading, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1949 to 2026 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 25 days | 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.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
- 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.
- 03
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.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature