The temperature in England was recorded 110C at a particular time. The temperature in Iceland at same point of time was recorded 150C colder. What was the temperature in Iceland?
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n Iceland the climate is cold, windy and cloudy for most of the year. Surely it's a cold country due to the high latitude, so that it can receive cold winds from the North Pole, but it's also tempered by the ocean, an also by the mild Gulf Stream that flows in it. The result is a perpetually unstable climate, with sudden changes in weather and temperature, but with a limited temperature range, both between day and night and between winter and summer. Calm and sunny periods are rare. The northern coastal area is colder than the southern one, because it is not reached by the Gulf Stream.
Precipitation is abundant on the southern side, where it amounts to around 2,000 millimetres (80 inches) per year in the most exposed areas, while on the northern side it's much more scarce, so that it descends below 500 mm (20 in) per year, although even here it is well distributed throughout the year. Along the west coast, the amount of precipitation is at an intermediate level, so that in the capital Reykjavik, about 800 mm (31.5 in) of rain or snow fall each year.
Here is the average precipitation in Reykjavik.