Vittangi
Place in Lapland, Sweden
67°40′N 21°38′E / 67.667°N 21.633°E / 67.667; 21.633[1]
(31 December 2010)[1]
Vittangi (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈvɪ̌tːaŋɡɪ])[2] is a locality situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 784 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
The village of Vittangi was founded in 1674 by Henrik Mickelsson Kyrö from Pello.
The locality is very notable because it houses a cluster of people exhibiting congenital insensitivity to pain.
In February 1985, Vittangi recorded the coldest month ever in Scandinavia, with a mean of −27.2 °C.
Climate
Climate data for Vittangi, 1991-2020 normals and extremes | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.8 (87.4) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 8.6 (47.5) | 7.1 (44.8) | 30.8 (87.4) |
Mean maximum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.1 (44.8) | 11.8 (53.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 24.5 (76.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 10.1 (50.2) | 3.8 (38.8) | 3.1 (37.6) | 27.7 (81.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.3 (15.3) | −7.8 (18.0) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 17.2 (63.0) | 11.3 (52.3) | 2.6 (36.7) | −4.5 (23.9) | −7.1 (19.2) | 4.1 (39.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.5 (5.9) | −13.6 (7.5) | −7.9 (17.8) | −0.9 (30.4) | 5.6 (42.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 14.3 (57.7) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.4 (43.5) | −1.0 (30.2) | −8.5 (16.7) | −12.1 (10.2) | −0.7 (30.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −19.6 (−3.3) | −14.8 (5.4) | −7.1 (19.2) | −0.1 (31.8) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.7 (47.7) | 6.5 (43.7) | 1.6 (34.9) | −4.8 (23.4) | −12.8 (9.0) | −17.2 (1.0) | −6.4 (20.5) |
Mean minimum °C (°F) | −35.6 (−32.1) | −34.9 (−30.8) | −30.4 (−22.7) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −7.0 (19.4) | −0.6 (30.9) | 2.5 (36.5) | −1.3 (29.7) | −6.1 (21.0) | −17.3 (0.9) | −26.9 (−16.4) | −31.9 (−25.4) | −38.0 (−36.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −47.0 (−52.6) | −41.7 (−43.1) | −39.5 (−39.1) | −32.3 (−26.1) | −15.8 (3.6) | −2.9 (26.8) | −1.2 (29.8) | −4.3 (24.3) | −11.3 (11.7) | −27.2 (−17.0) | −36.8 (−34.2) | −39.8 (−39.6) | −47.0 (−52.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.8 (1.21) | 25.3 (1.00) | 22.1 (0.87) | 24.5 (0.96) | 42.0 (1.65) | 65.2 (2.57) | 89.0 (3.50) | 68.5 (2.70) | 51.0 (2.01) | 39.0 (1.54) | 35.3 (1.39) | 34.7 (1.37) | 527.4 (20.77) |
Source 1: SMHI Open Data [3] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: SMHI 1991-2020 normals [4] |
Climate data for Vittangi, mean 1961-1990, extremes 1961-2011 | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.0 (87.8) | 29.0 (84.2) | 23.6 (74.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 10.2 (50.4) | 7.2 (45.0) | 31.0 (87.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.4 (11.5) | −9.4 (15.1) | −2.9 (26.8) | 2.8 (37.0) | 9.9 (49.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 18.9 (66.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 2.5 (36.5) | −5.2 (22.6) | −9.5 (14.9) | 3.2 (37.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.3 (0.9) | −15.2 (4.6) | −9.4 (15.1) | −2.3 (27.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 11.3 (52.3) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.9 (51.6) | 5.3 (41.5) | −1.2 (29.8) | −9.6 (14.7) | −15.1 (4.8) | −2.0 (28.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −23.7 (−10.7) | −22.1 (−7.8) | −17.0 (1.4) | −8.5 (16.7) | −0.9 (30.4) | 5.3 (41.5) | 7.3 (45.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 0.5 (32.9) | −5.4 (22.3) | −14.7 (5.5) | −21.3 (−6.3) | −7.9 (17.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −47.0 (−52.6) | −48.7 (−55.7) | −42.4 (−44.3) | −33.0 (−27.4) | −16.3 (2.7) | −5.2 (22.6) | −3.1 (26.4) | −5.6 (21.9) | −14.9 (5.2) | −29.2 (−20.6) | −37.1 (−34.8) | −42.6 (−44.7) | −48.7 (−55.7) |
Source: [5] |
References
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 27.
- ^ "Ladda ner meteorologiska observationer | SMHI".
- ^ "Dataserier med normalvärden för perioden 1991-2020 | SMHI".
- ^ "Climate Explorer, KNMI".
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