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Weather extremes
How extreme does Grytviken's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Grytviken has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Grytviken has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 32°F hotter than a normal December afternoon in Grytviken (typical high near 48°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 20°F colder than a normal July night in Grytviken (typical low near 25°F).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Grytviken's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — December's 80°F is about 32°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.