User:Mr.crabby/Climate of Iceland

The Climate of the Iceland

Winter
Iceland winters are generally mild considering how northern their altitude is. The coastal lowlands of Iceland have average January temperates of about 0 °C, while the highlands of central Iceland generally stay below -10 °C. The lowest winter temperatures in Iceland are usually somewhere between -25 °C and -30 °C, although the lowest temperature ever recorded on Iceland was -39.7 °C

Summer
In Iceland, occasionally thunderstorms occur in the south in late summertime, due to warm air being deflected to northern latitudes from warm air masses in other parts of Europe. Also, cold air. originating from Canada, warms rapidly over the ocean, forming thunderclouds. Thunderstorms, however, are very rare in Iceland, and there are less than five of them per year.

Predicted effects
The 2008 Environmental Performance Index ranked Iceland 11th based on the environmental performance of the country's policies.