Lofoten Temperature Anomalies

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Lofoten Temperature Anomalies

When you think about those painfully northern lines of latitude known as the Arctic Circle, you probably imagine a barely hospitable alien world, probably set in mid-winter's freezing cold and unbearable darkness. Although the darkness is unfortunately an Arctic Circle reality across the board, the tempeartues in the Lofoten Islands of Norway defy convention.
Despite their location, the Lofoten Islands, tucked inside the Arctic Circle in Norway, rarely dip to violently freezing or typical Arctic weather. Due to a convergence of the Gulf Stream with two underwater currents, the North Atlantic Current and the Norwegian Current, the weather in Lofoten remains anomalously warm. Two cities in Lofoten, Røst and Værøy, have average temperatures above freezing for the entire year.
Although the mountains near Lofoten often get snow and weather can be unpredictable, Lofoten remains one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies considering its position in the Arctic Circle.

Read more about Lofoten Temperature Anomalies on Atlas Obscura...

Category: Natural Wonders, Weird Weather Phenomena, Intriguing Environs
Location: Rost, Norway
Edited by: atimian