Skrova
Vågan Municipality |
Skrova is a small island group and village area in
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The village gained privileged trading rights in 1760, and for a long time, it was the largest fishing village in Lofoten.[1]
Industry
The main industry in Skrova is fishing, fish farming, and whaling. It is one of the largest whaling stations in Norway, taking in about half of the whale meat in Norway each year.[2] The heyday of Skrova was in the 1970s and 1980s, when fishing and whaling were booming. Since the year 2000, there is now only one fishing factory, called Ellingsen's.[3][1]
Geography and climate
The 2.5-square-kilometre (0.97 sq mi) Skrova island group is part of the
Skrova Lighthouse is located in the southwestern part of the island group, about 2 km away from the village of same name.[4] It was established in 1922 and not fully automated until 2005. There is also a meteorological weather station in the island group, near the lighthouse, with one of the longest recording series in Nordland county. Skrova has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) despite the location 180 km north of the Arctic Circle. The warmest temperature recorded is 30.4 °C (86.7 °F) in June 1972. The coldest temperature recorded is −15.1 °C (4.8 °F) in February 1966. The wettest month recorded is December 1936 with 227 mm, and the driest is January 2014 with 0.9 mm.
| Climate data for Skrova 1991-2020 (14 m, precipitation days 1961-90, extremes 1934-2022) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10 (50) |
17.4 (63.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.8 (85.6) |
27 (81) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13 (55) |
11.2 (52.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
2.2 (36.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9 (48) |
13 (55) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
12 (54) |
7.8 (46.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
0.7 (33.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.3 (55.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
4 (39) |
2.2 (36.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1 (30) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
1.4 (34.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
4.9 (40.8) |
2.2 (36.0) |
0.3 (32.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.7 (9.1) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 89 (3.5) |
81 (3.2) |
65 (2.6) |
49 (1.9) |
46 (1.8) |
37 (1.5) |
50 (2.0) |
48 (1.9) |
79 (3.1) |
88 (3.5) |
97 (3.8) |
90 (3.5) |
819 (32.3) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 147 |
| Source 1: Norwegian Meteorological Institute[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Noaa WMO averages 91-2020 Norway [6] | |||||||||||||
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See also
References
- ^ Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ "Om Skrova" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-07-13.
- ^ "Viking Whalers". Archived from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
- ^ Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ http://sharki.oslo.dnmi.no/portal/page?_pageid=73,39035,73_39080&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL [dead link]
- ^ "NOAA WMO normals Norway 1991-2020".