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Weather extremes

How extreme does Vardø's weather get?

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

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Vardo station. 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 Vardø has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
80°F Jul 30, 2018

That is about 26°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Vardø (typical high near 54°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 80°F Jul 30, 2018
2 78°F Jul 7, 2021
3 78°F Jul 19, 2018
❄️ Coldest night
-6°F Jan 27, 1999

About 27°F colder than a normal January night in Vardø (typical low near 21°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -6°F Jan 27, 1999
2 -5°F Jan 26, 1999
3 -4°F Feb 6, 2012
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.94 in Oct 11, 2003

More rain in a single day than Vardø usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 2.8 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.94 in Oct 11, 2003
2 3.05 in Oct 16, 2012
3 2.83 in Apr 7, 1997

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.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90° all-time high 80°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Vardø's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 80°F is about 26°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, Vardø's warmest days reach the mid-50s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 80°F and as low as −6°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 29 years of daily observations at Vardo, a weather station, inside the city. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →