Norway Weather Records in 2017

3,308 weather records set or tied in Norway in 2017, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Norway in 2017

3,308 weather records were set or tied in Norway in 2017.
1,018 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
6,041 records set in 2017 still stand in Norway.

Records per Year, by Type

2017 outlined

Records set or tied in Norway each year from 1905 to 2026, stacked by type. 2017 had 3,308.

Weather records per year in Norway, stacked by type, 2017 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Deepest snow cover	Total
1905	0	0	0	0	9	0	9
1906	0	0	0	0	14	0	14
1907	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
1908	0	0	0	0	11	0	11
1909	0	0	0	0	9	0	9
1910	0	0	0	0	12	0	12
1911	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
1912	0	0	0	0	30	1	31
1913	0	0	0	0	32	2	34
1914	0	0	0	0	26	1	27
1915	0	0	0	0	32	20	52
1916	0	0	0	0	42	2	44
1917	0	0	0	0	29	29	58
1918	0	0	0	0	21	2	23
1919	0	0	0	0	16	5	21
1920	0	0	0	0	44	3	47
1921	0	0	0	0	14	10	24
1922	0	0	4	8	22	0	34
1923	0	0	9	9	26	0	44
1924	0	0	9	4	36	15	64
1925	0	0	8	16	655	196	875
1926	0	0	4	10	690	204	908
1927	0	0	8	11	655	263	937
1928	0	0	6	7	501	135	649
1929	0	0	10	8	481	18	517
1930	0	0	105	15	610	105	835
1931	0	0	49	41	591	342	1,023
1932	0	0	60	24	600	43	727
1933	0	0	76	25	465	22	588
1934	0	0	190	15	818	130	1,153
1935	0	0	64	18	666	207	955
1936	0	0	56	16	574	436	1,082
1937	0	0	126	27	590	542	1,285
1938	0	0	142	4	791	73	1,010
1939	0	0	44	18	658	109	829
1940	0	0	29	43	453	173	698
1941	0	0	27	111	409	154	701
1942	0	0	35	117	643	256	1,051
1943	0	0	82	24	834	263	1,203
1944	0	0	69	55	727	211	1,062
1945	0	0	71	35	615	95	816
1946	0	0	68	56	608	69	801
1947	0	0	115	109	376	200	800
1948	0	0	130	55	694	304	1,183
1949	0	0	127	52	683	69	931
1950	0	0	129	54	569	222	974
1951	0	0	121	81	564	1,147	1,913
1952	0	0	45	96	416	304	861
1953	0	0	239	54	691	123	1,107
1954	0	0	101	28	540	77	746
1955	5	28	89	183	476	519	1,300
1956	3	12	67	101	552	227	962
1957	5	7	92	70	656	20	850
1958	7	11	117	119	590	76	920
1959	24	11	211	68	616	126	1,056
1960	20	8	197	92	514	41	872
1961	28	5	236	60	795	175	1,299
1962	4	19	55	220	628	854	1,780
1963	21	8	126	161	516	140	972
1964	35	32	118	115	731	24	1,055
1965	19	68	57	219	474	303	1,140
1966	19	92	70	306	623	815	1,925
1967	49	55	104	110	830	328	1,476
1968	44	134	106	326	495	933	2,038
1969	52	78	98	128	464	416	1,236
1970	54	62	118	164	474	612	1,484
1971	67	88	191	191	677	237	1,451
1972	66	18	215	47	565	112	1,023
1973	64	149	193	284	735	427	1,852
1974	137	26	234	71	549	109	1,126
1975	145	59	267	113	812	141	1,537
1976	81	141	164	191	511	1,490	2,578
1977	79	174	134	228	485	140	1,240
1978	112	227	153	275	488	79	1,334
1979	61	226	98	244	590	219	1,438
1980	136	163	224	235	429	206	1,393
1981	114	324	192	434	510	551	2,125
1982	157	197	250	221	648	83	1,556
1983	187	103	274	114	870	143	1,691
1984	424	143	570	142	609	95	1,983
1985	123	472	148	356	680	179	1,958
1986	404	534	334	444	616	193	2,525
1987	409	804	334	545	1,584	514	4,190
1988	439	266	515	270	2,064	918	4,472
1989	1,259	161	1,182	153	2,083	291	5,129
1990	1,118	143	1,168	118	2,404	85	5,036
1991	659	157	622	123	1,531	78	3,170
1992	988	451	854	329	2,037	373	5,032
1993	652	437	438	327	1,468	624	3,946
1994	436	354	380	241	1,626	1,321	4,358
1995	489	455	483	405	1,798	739	4,369
1996	510	341	432	252	1,215	448	3,198
1997	762	217	915	224	2,096	1,731	5,945
1998	629	476	761	335	1,808	219	4,228
1999	820	291	897	173	2,512	255	4,948
2000	871	191	1,134	175	2,346	619	5,336
2001	414	385	548	263	1,982	383	3,975
2002	932	342	1,107	184	1,805	618	4,988
2003	1,028	150	901	179	2,090	198	4,546
2004	766	93	843	131	2,186	325	4,344
2005	1,073	113	927	87	2,281	276	4,757
2006	1,414	199	1,505	193	2,032	336	5,679
2007	948	152	745	158	2,287	233	4,523
2008	694	186	563	168	2,281	757	4,649
2009	579	141	588	150	1,921	419	3,798
2010	242	924	314	766	1,356	762	4,364
2011	1,022	71	845	76	2,511	282	4,807
2012	580	246	544	321	1,786	417	3,894
2013	631	162	759	281	1,919	198	3,950
2014	1,110	114	1,256	86	1,973	295	4,834
2015	912	77	736	85	1,971	504	4,285
2016	831	269	999	210	1,594	121	4,024
2017	493	65	525	97	1,944	184	3,308
2018	1,171	133	889	210	1,444	551	4,398
2019	884	187	686	230	1,524	180	3,691
2020	882	158	945	196	1,816	357	4,354
2021	567	81	583	168	1,088	139	2,626
2022	812	71	681	85	1,298	59	3,006
2023	631	225	540	198	1,585	201	3,380
2024	1,427	126	1,323	141	1,476	144	4,637
2025	1,366	44	1,474	51	1,212	65	4,212
2026	412	80	414	83	628	15	1,632

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Norway: 1920s 0.8 to 1, 1930s 4.5 to 1, 1940s 1.2 to 1, 1950s 1.4 to 1, 1960s 0.7 to 1, 1970s 0.9 to 1, 1980s 1.3 to 1, 1990s 2.4 to 1, 2000s 4.8 to 1, 2010s 3.4 to 1, 2020s 7.1 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Norway, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1920s	0.77 to 1
1930s	4.53 to 1
1940s	1.15 to 1
1950s	1.36 to 1
1960s	0.65 to 1
1970s	0.88 to 1
1980s	1.26 to 1
1990s	2.40 to 1
2000s	4.84 to 1
2010s	3.35 to 1
2020s	7.09 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2017: 6,041

Records still standing in Norway by the year they were set. 6,041 of them were set in 2017.

Standing records in Norway by the year they were set, 2017 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1876	5
1877	4
1878	3
1879	4
1880	9
1881	3
1882	180
1883	14
1884	9
1885	386
1886	15
1887	14
1888	20
1889	10
1890	14
1891	22
1892	15
1893	19
1894	72
1895	2,236
1896	1,164
1897	286
1898	149
1899	361
1900	2,194
1901	523
1902	534
1903	605
1904	303
1905	497
1906	299
1907	841
1908	407
1909	534
1910	389
1911	324
1912	390
1913	447
1914	467
1915	678
1916	473
1917	825
1918	398
1919	652
1920	839
1921	660
1922	625
1923	806
1924	544
1925	969
1926	1,512
1927	780
1928	671
1929	596
1930	676
1931	1,051
1932	856
1933	667
1934	833
1935	866
1936	984
1937	1,270
1938	790
1939	1,080
1940	1,089
1941	1,138
1942	946
1943	1,047
1944	966
1945	978
1946	1,280
1947	1,164
1948	1,311
1949	1,191
1950	931
1951	3,412
1952	1,515
1953	1,606
1954	2,374
1955	3,644
1956	2,131
1957	18,314
1958	4,337
1959	4,708
1960	3,757
1961	4,471
1962	6,241
1963	3,995
1964	5,764
1965	5,984
1966	10,587
1967	5,844
1968	9,132
1969	6,795
1970	7,080
1971	6,396
1972	5,835
1973	9,527
1974	4,183
1975	7,019
1976	10,335
1977	6,254
1978	5,633
1979	6,126
1980	6,041
1981	8,330
1982	5,331
1983	5,114
1984	4,148
1985	5,077
1986	5,556
1987	6,111
1988	5,827
1989	5,355
1990	5,036
1991	3,199
1992	5,501
1993	4,333
1994	5,942
1995	5,020
1996	3,662
1997	6,424
1998	4,141
1999	4,955
2000	5,817
2001	4,635
2002	5,223
2003	4,040
2004	4,165
2005	5,695
2006	5,577
2007	4,404
2008	4,673
2009	3,926
2010	6,114
2011	5,094
2012	5,102
2013	5,421
2014	6,227
2015	6,050
2016	7,989
2017	6,041
2018	7,203
2019	5,710
2020	6,659
2021	4,520
2022	4,916
2023	5,499
2024	6,798
2025	6,601
2026	2,790

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).