Weather in Longyearbyen in October 2024
Average weather
Average temperature in Longyearbyen in October
The temperature in October is -3°C on average, with a range between a maximum of +3°C during the day and a minimum of -12°C at night.
The average maximum temperature goes up 20% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from -4°C to -1°C.
Is Longyearbyen warm or cold in October?
Longyearbyen is typically cold in October.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +3°C to -4°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from -1°C to -7°C.
Wear your winter warms as it will be cold. To save space, layer, and don’t forget gloves and a scarf.
Take a look at how October is compared to other months in Longyearbyen:
Climate in Longyearbyen in October
| September | October | November | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +3°C | -4°C | -7°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -13°C | -23°C | -31°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +14°C | +8°C | +7°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 33 mm | 12 mm | 6 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 3 m/s | 3 m/s | 3 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 87% | 85% | 82% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1008 HPa | 1009 HPa | 1007 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 15 | 17 | 16 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 7 | 11 | 13 | ||||
October weather is still as ok as in September. It’s getting colder in October. From +3°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to -4°C. As October arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 33 mm to 12 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 87% to 85%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during October, staying around 3 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 0 sunny days during the month.
November brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 11 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Longyearbyen is gradually decreasing during October, going from 5 m/s to 4 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
Here’s how October is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last October in Longyearbyen?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Longyearbyen in October has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1988 (-7°C) and the highest in 2016 (+1°C). The driest year was 1998 with only 51 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2016 with 381 mm.
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Monthly weather in Longyearbyen
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Longyearbyen, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.