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Record November warmth in Svalbard

12 Nov 2020

Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

At Longyearbyen airport, the peak temperature reached 9.2 °C for a short period, nearly two degrees warmer than the last November record measured in 1975.

The Independent Barents Observer / Thomas Nilson

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