Weather and Tide

Weather and Tides
Tromsø is located near the sea which has a calming influence on the temperature variations both round the clock and throughout the year. At wintertime low pressure lead the soft mild air to the north, but during the summer the northern wind is more dominating.

The dominating wind direction in Tromsø is south-west, especially in the winter months. Tromsø island is located relatively well defended against strong winds from the sector between south-east and north-east, so the all the strong winds that come here are from the western side. Because of the high mountains the strong winds are rare in Tromsø, and storms seldom take place.

Because the earth axis is sloping in relation to the rotation of the earth around the sun, the length of the day and night varies throughout the year. In the winter time the sun is gone from Tromsø. The further to the north you are, the longer the polar nights will become. Polar nights in Tromsø are from 25th of November to 17th of January

Towards the end of January the sun peaks out again. The sloping of the axis gives a longer daylight during the summer in the northern parts of Norway. The result is that the sun that never sets - midnight sun. The midnight sun in Tromsø can be seen from 19th of May to the 26th of July.

The port is always icefree.

For more information see: Weather forcast for Tromsø 

Tides

High waters come to Tromsø 1 hour 19 minutes after the moons culmination. The difference between high and low water is 1.77 metres. The difference between high water and tap-water is 2.32 metres. The largest registered difference is 3.99 metres.

For more information see: Tidal predictions for Tromsø