Record temperatures of almost 20C were reached in Iceland on Christmas Eve, the local meteorological office has confirmed. Seyðisfjörður, a small town in the east of Iceland, hit 19.8C on 24 December. The previous record was set on 2 December 2019, when the temperature was measured at 19.7C in Kvískerjar in Öræfi, in the south-east of Iceland. May temperature records were set at 94% of all the automatic stations that have operated for at least 20 years. The highest temperature was 26.6C at Egilsstaðir airport in East Iceland on 15 May.

Source: The Guardian December 30, 2025 19:31 UTC