How extreme does Miðvágur's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Miðvágur has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1973–present), from the Torshavn station 22 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Miðvágur has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

74°F Jul 20, 1990

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Miðvágur (typical high near 55°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 74°F Jul 20, 1990

2 72°F Sep 15, 1973

3 72°F Aug 21, 1976

❄️ Coldest night

15°F Mar 1, 1998

About 21°F colder than a normal March night in Miðvágur (typical low near 36°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 15°F Mar 1, 1998

2 16°F Jan 8, 1979

3 16°F Mar 14, 1992

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.86 in Sep 16, 1982

More rain in a single day than Miðvágur usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 4.6 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.86 in Sep 16, 1982

2 4.25 in Sep 27, 1986

3 3.86 in Feb 21, 1987

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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Miðvágur's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 74°F is about 19°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Miðvágur's warmest days reach the mid-50s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 74°F and as low as 15°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Torshavn, a weather station, about 22 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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