Norway Yearbook - 1996

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498 Svalbard. Meteorological data. Svalbard Airport
Source: Meteorological Institute.
Year Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Mean air temperature.
Centigrades
1988 -8.9 -16.9 -14.7 -19.8 -18.2 -2.6 2.9 6.8 5.5 -1.5 -9.4 -16.9 -22.5
1989 -6.6 -18.4 -19.4 -15.0 -8.1 -1.5 2.4 5.4 4.7 1.3 -5.6 -9.4 -15.2
1990 -3.9 -6.2 -10.0 -15.4 -8.2 -4.0 2.8 6.5 5.6 5.2 -2.5 -11.9 -9.0
1991 -5.1 -12.3 -9.2 -8.7 -11.9 -3.9 2.6 5.6 6.2 0.7 -5.3 -11.6 -12.9
1992 -5.1 -12.7 -17.7 -11.5 -6.6 -2.6 3.2 6.0 4.6 3.0 -8.2 -6.8 -12.2
1993 -6.1 -17.0 -165 -16.5 -14.6 -3.6 2.4 7.8 6.5 -0.1 -8.8 -2.1 -11.3
1994 -6.0 -16.8 -16.3 -9.5 -6.6 -3.9 3.1 5.2 3.5 0.5 -8.6 -14.2 -8.0
1995 -5.0 -16.4 -14.0 -15.3 -6.8 -2.5 3.3 6.4 5.4 2.2 -6.3 -14.3 -14.4
Precipitation
¡n mm
1988 169 30 9 18 12 4 19 11 20 15 10 9 12
1989 195 9 6 17 22 4 7 26 32 28 17 21 6
1990 172 6 9 16 32 3 4 7 16 36 19 10 14
1991 262 17 56 35 10 6 2 9 48 15 10 14 40
1992 198 23 4 15 1 23 33 11 22 30 7 19 10
1993 265 17 38 51 20 10 11 2 21 10 9 47 29
1994 220 5 41 5 7 6 15 51 23 23 4 27 13
1995 161 10 4 5 9 10 1 22 5 13 4 8 70
499 Svalbard. Persons in settlements 1 January1
Year
Total
Nationality of settlement
Norwegian2 Russian3 Polish
1989 3646 1055 2579 12
1990 3544 1125 2407 12
1991 3405 1135 2260 10
1992 3309 1148 2151 10
1993 3017 1050 1958 9
1994 2977 1097 1 870 10
1995 2906 1218 1679 9
1996 2864 1250 1604 10
The figures are uncertain.2Persons in Norwegian settlements are normally registered as residents of a Norwegian municipality.3Before 1993
Soviet.
Source: District Governor of Svalbard and Council of Svalbard. More information: Division for Population and Education Statistics.
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