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Longyearbyen in October: every year compared

In October, Longyearbyen averages highs of -3.0 °C and lows of -6.4 °C, with 41 mm of precipitation. The warmest October was 2016 (2.7 °C), the coldest 1968 (-14.4 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high -3.0 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -6.4 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 41 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 9

Day by day through October

Normal high and low for each day of October in Longyearbyen.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every October in Longyearbyen, ranked

86 months of October since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 4 of 86 (+4.4 °C vs normal).

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2025 · -0.3 °C · +4.4 °C vs normal · rank 4 of 86

Warmest years

120162.7 °C
220170.2 °C
320000.1 °C
41957-0.3 °C
52025-0.3 °C

Coldest years

11968-14.4 °C
21988-11.6 °C
31966-11.1 °C
41949-10.6 °C
51993-10.4 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-0.3 °C	1.0 °C	-1.9 °C	40 mm	19 days	11 cm	10 days
2024	-0.5 °C	0.7 °C	-1.9 °C	89 mm	19 days	48 cm	19 days
2023	-4.1 °C	-2.7 °C	-5.8 °C	31 mm	31 days	21 cm	8 days
2022	-1.9 °C	-0.5 °C	-3.2 °C	26 mm	19 days	13 cm	9 days
2021	-3.9 °C	-2.6 °C	-5.3 °C	28 mm	25 days	20 cm	6 days
2020	-2.0 °C	-0.8 °C	-3.2 °C	9 mm	22 days	6 cm	3 days
2019	-5.2 °C	-3.6 °C	-7.0 °C	5 mm	29 days	7 cm	3 days
2018	-1.8 °C	-0.5 °C	-3.3 °C	43 mm	25 days	25 cm	12 days
2017	0.2 °C	1.2 °C	-1.0 °C	32 mm	17 days	10 cm	5 days
2016	2.7 °C	4.0 °C	1.3 °C	94 mm	8 days	8 cm	17 days
2015	-2.3 °C	-0.9 °C	-4.1 °C	63 mm	29 days	44 cm	14 days
2014	-2.8 °C	-1.4 °C	-4.7 °C	54 mm	24 days	31 cm	12 days
2013	-5.3 °C	-3.7 °C	-7.0 °C	23 mm	30 days	18 cm	5 days
2012	-2.6 °C	-0.9 °C	-4.3 °C	17 mm	28 days	13 cm	8 days
2011	-3.2 °C	-1.5 °C	-5.0 °C	66 mm	27 days	38 cm	12 days
2010	-3.2 °C	-1.8 °C	-4.6 °C	68 mm	22 days	27 cm	13 days
2009	-4.1 °C	-2.5 °C	-5.9 °C	52 mm	30 days	40 cm	11 days
2008	-6.6 °C	-4.6 °C	-8.7 °C	36 mm	30 days	30 cm	9 days
2007	-3.2 °C	-1.5 °C	-5.0 °C	96 mm	31 days	64 cm	17 days
2006	-6.7 °C	-5.1 °C	-8.5 °C	28 mm	31 days	24 cm	9 days
2005	-6.0 °C	-4.3 °C	-8.1 °C	45 mm	29 days	36 cm	13 days
2004	-4.4 °C	-2.6 °C	-6.3 °C	47 mm	29 days	29 cm	13 days
2003	-5.2 °C	-3.2 °C	-7.4 °C	35 mm	29 days	28 cm	9 days
2002	-4.5 °C	-3.2 °C	-6.0 °C	31 mm	23 days	15 cm	8 days
2001	-5.9 °C	-4.1 °C	-7.6 °C	31 mm	27 days	23 cm	10 days
2000	0.1 °C	1.8 °C	-1.7 °C	88 mm	18 days	20 cm	15 days
1999	-7.1 °C	-5.2 °C	-9.0 °C	34 mm	31 days	28 cm	9 days
1998	-4.9 °C	-3.0 °C	-6.7 °C	29 mm	29 days	24 cm	6 days
1997	-5.8 °C	-4.6 °C	-7.2 °C	15 mm	27 days	15 cm	4 days
1996	-5.2 °C	-3.6 °C	-7.0 °C	48 mm	28 days	34 cm	13 days
1995	-8.1 °C	-6.4 °C	-9.8 °C	4 mm	31 days	5 cm	1 day
1994	-10.3 °C	-8.6 °C	-12.3 °C	32 mm	31 days	25 cm	3 days
1993	-10.4 °C	-8.0 °C	-12.7 °C	25 mm	31 days	21 cm	9 days
1992	-9.8 °C	-8.0 °C	-11.5 °C	9 mm	31 days	10 cm	2 days
1991	-6.6 °C	-4.5 °C	-8.8 °C	60 mm	31 days	48 cm	12 days
1990	-3.2 °C	-1.7 °C	-4.9 °C	52 mm	28 days	35 cm	12 days
1989	-6.6 °C	-4.8 °C	-8.3 °C	45 mm	27 days	32 cm	13 days
1988	-11.6 °C	-9.4 °C	-13.9 °C	27 mm	31 days	25 cm	6 days
1987	-7.4 °C	-5.1 °C	-10.0 °C	49 mm	29 days	38 cm	14 days
1986	-4.6 °C	-2.7 °C	-6.8 °C	64 mm	29 days	47 cm	11 days
1985	-7.4 °C	-5.6 °C	-9.4 °C	27 mm	29 days	23 cm	10 days
1984	-2.7 °C	-1.1 °C	-4.4 °C	45 mm	24 days	12 cm	9 days
1983	-6.5 °C	-5.0 °C	-8.2 °C	12 mm	30 days	11 cm	6 days
1982	-7.0 °C	-5.3 °C	-8.8 °C	19 mm	28 days	14 cm	8 days
1981	-4.6 °C	-3.1 °C	-6.1 °C	2 mm	31 days	4 cm	0 days
1980	-8.1 °C	-6.3 °C	-10.0 °C	54 mm	30 days	38 cm	10 days
1979	-4.7 °C	-2.5 °C	-7.0 °C	55 mm	27 days	31 cm	14 days
1978	-6.2 °C	-4.2 °C	-8.3 °C	43 mm	31 days	30 cm	10 days
1977	-4.3 °C	-2.7 °C	-5.8 °C	76 mm	29 days	53 cm	18 days
1976	-4.5 °C	-2.5 °C	-6.3 °C	58 mm	27 days	34 cm	15 days
1975	-8.2 °C	-5.9 °C	-10.2 °C	28 mm	31 days	19 cm	10 days
1974	-2.9 °C	-1.5 °C	-4.5 °C	40 mm	29 days	22 cm	12 days
1973	-7.0 °C	-5.6 °C	-8.4 °C	42 mm	31 days	30 cm	14 days
1972	-4.2 °C	-3.0 °C	-5.8 °C	42 mm	31 days	19 cm	7 days
1971	-7.4 °C	-5.8 °C	-9.0 °C	53 mm	28 days	37 cm	13 days
1970	-5.1 °C	-3.7 °C	-6.7 °C	42 mm	20 days	26 cm	12 days
1969	-1.9 °C	-0.6 °C	-3.1 °C	76 mm	26 days	42 cm	19 days
1968	-14.4 °C	-13.0 °C	-16.0 °C	36 mm	31 days	25 cm	4 days
1967	-7.5 °C	-6.2 °C	-8.9 °C	74 mm	30 days	51 cm	10 days
1966	-11.1 °C	-9.2 °C	-13.2 °C	35 mm	31 days	24 cm	11 days
1965	-7.8 °C	-5.6 °C	-10.0 °C	56 mm	31 days	39 cm	12 days
1964	-4.9 °C	-3.3 °C	-6.7 °C	71 mm	31 days	50 cm	16 days
1963	-4.9 °C	-3.5 °C	-6.4 °C	26 mm	29 days	16 cm	9 days
1962	-6.1 °C	-4.5 °C	-7.7 °C	78 mm	28 days	50 cm	17 days
1961	-2.1 °C	-0.4 °C	-3.8 °C	71 mm	25 days	26 cm	15 days
1960	-9.0 °C	-7.0 °C	-11.1 °C	28 mm	31 days	19 cm	9 days
1959	-2.0 °C	-0.5 °C	-3.6 °C	42 mm	28 days	25 cm	13 days
1958	-5.7 °C	-3.8 °C	-8.2 °C	54 mm	27 days	30 cm	14 days
1957	-0.3 °C	0.7 °C	-2.0 °C	85 mm	19 days	55 cm	20 days
1956	-4.5 °C	-2.7 °C	-6.6 °C	51 mm	30 days	24 cm	11 days
1955	-7.3 °C	-5.4 °C	-9.4 °C	13 mm	31 days	9 cm	3 days
1954	-5.3 °C	-4.1 °C	-7.0 °C	12 mm	27 days	6 cm	7 days
1953	-2.7 °C	-1.2 °C	-4.3 °C	118 mm	26 days	60 cm	20 days
1952	-4.6 °C	-3.0 °C	-6.4 °C	49 mm	29 days	29 cm	14 days
1951	-7.7 °C	-5.5 °C	-9.6 °C	79 mm	30 days	43 cm	18 days
1950	-2.2 °C	-0.6 °C	-3.9 °C	93 mm	26 days	50 cm	21 days
1949	-10.6 °C	-8.8 °C	-12.5 °C	28 mm	31 days	20 cm	6 days
1948	-5.3 °C	-3.9 °C	-6.7 °C	60 mm	31 days	42 cm	17 days
1947	-5.1 °C	-3.5 °C	-6.9 °C	40 mm	31 days	25 cm	9 days
1946	-7.1 °C	-5.1 °C	-9.1 °C	86 mm	31 days	49 cm	19 days
1945	-9.8 °C	-7.9 °C	-11.6 °C	39 mm	30 days	18 cm	7 days
1944	-5.0 °C	-3.3 °C	-6.6 °C	44 mm	30 days	24 cm	13 days
1943	-6.7 °C	-5.0 °C	-8.5 °C	67 mm	31 days	34 cm	14 days
1942	-5.1 °C	-3.9 °C	-6.4 °C	38 mm	30 days	17 cm	10 days
1941	-8.5 °C	-6.6 °C	-10.4 °C	44 mm	30 days	28 cm	13 days
1940	-4.6 °C	-3.0 °C	-6.1 °C	55 mm	26 days	36 cm	16 days

October records

Hottest day

6.9 °C

October 7, 2016 estimate

Coldest night

-25.6 °C

October 28, 1968 estimate

Wettest day

24 mm

October 10, 1948 estimate

The weather on your birthday in Longyearbyen

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Longyearbyen in October?

Highs average -3.0 °C and lows -6.4 °C. A typical October brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 27 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Longyearbyen in October?

About 41 mm falls in October, over some 9 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest October was 1953 (118 mm), the driest 1981 (2 mm).

What was the warmest October in Longyearbyen?

2016, with a mean temperature of 2.7 °C. The coldest was 1968 (-14.4 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 4 of 86.