Tarfala research station

The Tarfala research station (Swedish: Tarfala forskningstation) is a field station of Stockholm University. It specializes in glacial and climatological research.

Tarfala research station

Geography

The station lies in the Tarfala Valley in northern Sweden, at an elevation of 1,135 meters.[1] The valley is sometimes hit by katabatic winds, which can generate very high wind speeds. The Swedish record of measured wind speed is from Tarfala research station with 81 m/s (157 kn, 290 km/h, 180 mph) on 20 December 1992. Regular glaciological measurements were started in 1946.[2]

Climate data for Tarfala, 1961-2011
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −8.3
(17.1)		 −8.0
(17.6)		 −7.5
(18.5)		 −3.9
(25.0)		 1.1
(34.0)		 6.5
(43.7)		 9.9
(49.8)		 8.5
(47.3)		 3.8
(38.8)		 −1.4
(29.5)		 −5.4
(22.3)		 −7.4
(18.7)		 −1.0
(30.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −11.8
(10.8)		 −11.3
(11.7)		 −10.6
(12.9)		 −7.5
(18.5)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 3.2
(37.8)		 6.4
(43.5)		 5.3
(41.5)		 0.8
(33.4)		 −3.9
(25.0)		 −7.9
(17.8)		 −10.7
(12.7)		 −4.6
(23.7)
Average low °C (°F) −15.3
(4.5)		 −14.6
(5.7)		 −13.7
(7.3)		 −11.1
(12.0)		 −5.0
(23.0)		 −0.1
(31.8)		 2.9
(37.2)		 2.1
(35.8)		 −2.2
(28.0)		 −6.4
(20.5)		 −10.3
(13.5)		 −14.0
(6.8)		 −8.2
(17.2)
Source: [3]

References
  1. Holmlund, Per (15 January 2007). "Tarfala in numbers". Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. Hagström, Mirja D (10 December 2008). "A Brief Tarfala Chronology". Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  3. "SMHI". Archived from the original on 13 February 2013.


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