The Temperature Exceeded 20 Degrees for Ten Days in a Row.

The heat wave that swept across the country last week is the worst known in the month of May in Iceland. Temperatures were measured at twenty degrees or more somewhere in the country for ten consecutive days from the thirteenth to the twenty-second of May. The highest temperature reached 26.6 degrees at Egilsstaðir Airport, which is a new May temperature record for the country, according to the website of the Icelandic Meteorological Office. The…

Iceland has been experiencing remarkably high temperatures in recent days. Records have been beaten with values above 26°C! Record heat in Iceland in recent days! Since mid-May 2025, Iceland has been suffering remarkably high temperatures for the season. This is also the case for a large part of Greenland. Records of mildness/heat have been beaten in these territories in recent days with sometimes unpublished values for a month of May. Recently,…