Möðrudalur
Möðrudalur | |
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 Location of the Municipality of Fljótsdalshérað | |
  Möðrudalur Location of Möðrudalur in Iceland | |
| Coordinates: 65°22′27″N 15°53′3.7″W / 65.37417°N 15.884361°W | |
| Country |  Iceland |
| Constituency | Northeast Constituency |
| Region | Eastern Region |
| Municipality | Múlaþing |
| Elevation | 469 m (1,539 ft) |
Möðrudalur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈmœðrʏˌtaːlʏr̥]) is a farm settlement in Norður-Múlasýsla in Eastern Iceland, and the highest inhabited place in the country, at 469 m (1,539 ft) above sea level.[1]
Möðrudalur is a popular tourist destination, and was formerly located on The Ring Road until the road was moved to its current Háreksstaðaleið route to the north of Möðrudalur.
A church was built in Möðrudalur in 1949 by Jón A. Stefánsson. A guesthouse, a small store and a restaurant are operated in the area. Nearby the settlement one finds also the Kunsthalle Tropical.
Climate[edit]
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Iceland, -38.0 °C (-36.4 °F) was recorded concurrently in Möðrudalur and the neighboring Grímsstaðir on 21 January 1918.[2]
| Climate data for Möðrudalur, 1990–2009 normals (452 m) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
9.7 (49.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
4.5 (40.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
1.0 (33.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.6 (16.5) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −30.5 (−22.9) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
−28.5 (−19.3) |
−27.5 (−17.5) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−22.0 (−7.6) |
−28.0 (−18.4) |
−32.2 (−26.0) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 24.1 (0.95) |
21.5 (0.85) |
22.0 (0.87) |
17.2 (0.68) |
20.5 (0.81) |
24.0 (0.94) |
38.6 (1.52) |
42.1 (1.66) |
33.3 (1.31) |
35.4 (1.39) |
29.8 (1.17) |
25.6 (1.01) |
334.1 (13.16) |
| Source: Icelandic Meteorological Office[3] | |||||||||||||
Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Guesthouse profile on visiticeland.com". Visit Iceland - The Official Iceland Tourism and Travel Site. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
- ^ Trausti Jónsson (25 September 2007). "Lægsti hiti á Íslandi - Grímsstaðir og Möðrudalur 21. janúar 1918". vedur.is - The Icelandic Meteorological Office's official web site. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ "Monthly averages for station 490 - Möðrudalur". Icelandic Meteorological Office. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
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