Climate
Vize island has an extreme arctic climate, with temperatures only able to struggle above freezing slightly for a couple of months a year and temperatures are regularly below −20 °C from November all the way through to the following April.
| Climate data for Vize Island | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
0.8 (33.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
2.2 (36) |
5.0 (41) |
9.0 (48.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
0.4 (32.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −21.4 (−6.5) |
−22.5 (−8.5) |
−21.5 (−6.7) |
−16.1 (3) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −24.9 (−12.8) |
−25.7 (−14.3) |
−24.9 (−12.8) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−2.8 (27) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−23.4 (−10.1) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −28.1 (−18.6) |
−28.8 (−19.8) |
−28.1 (−18.6) |
−22.7 (−8.9) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−26.4 (−15.5) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −47.8 (−54) |
−44.0 (−47.2) |
−46.1 (−51) |
−43.9 (−47) |
−32.2 (−26) |
−16.0 (3.2) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−22.6 (−8.7) |
−37.7 (−35.9) |
−41.2 (−42.2) |
−43.5 (−46.3) |
−47.8 (−54) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 12 (0.47) |
10 (0.39) |
11 (0.43) |
11 (0.43) |
12 (0.47) |
15 (0.59) |
17 (0.67) |
22 (0.87) |
22 (0.87) |
23 (0.91) |
16 (0.63) |
14 (0.55) |
185 (7.28) |
| Avg. rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Avg. snowy days | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 210 |
| % humidity | 81 | 80 | 80 | 83 | 87 | 91 | 94 | 94 | 91 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 86 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 0.0 | 2.1 | 109.5 | 274.3 | 186.1 | 137.5 | 125.1 | 81.0 | 28.3 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 952.7 |
| Source #1: Pogoda.ru.net | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Weatherbase (sun only) | |||||||||||||
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