Editing Gamvik Municipality (section)

===Climate===
The inhabited places of Gamvik, such as Mehamn, has a [[boreal climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: '''Dfc'''). The spring is very late to warm up and is among the coldest in Norway. Summers are short and cool. Winters are moderated by the Barents Sea and only slightly colder than in the capital Oslo. However, winds can be strong in winter. [[Slettnes Lighthouse]], located on an exposed headland in the northern part of the municipality, is the only remaining weather station in mainland Norway with a tundra climate with the 1991-2020 normals. The all-time high in Gamvik municipality is {{convert|32.2|°C}} recorded at Slettnes Lighthouse in July 1972, and the second warmest is {{convert|31.4|°C}} recorded at Slettnes in July 2018. The all-time low in Gamvik is {{convert|-23.1|°C}} recorded February 1985 at Slettnes. Overnight freezes are very rare in summer and has never happened in July. The coldest low in August at Mehamn Airport is {{convert|-0.7|°C}} recorded 2012, while the coldest August overnight low at Slettnes is {{convert|1.4|°C}} from 1984.

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{{Weather box 
|metric first= yes
|single line = yes
|location = Mehamn Airport 1991-2020 (13 m, precipitation from Slettnes)
|Jan high C = -2
|Feb high C = -2
|Mar high C = -1
|Apr high C = 3
|May high C = 7
|Jun high C = 10
|Jul high C = 14
|Aug high C = 13
|Sep high C = 11
|Oct high C = 5
|Nov high C = 2
|Dec high C = 0
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
|Jan mean C=-4.1
|Feb mean C=-4.6
|Mar mean C=-2.9
|Apr mean C=-0.1
|May mean C=3.6
|Jun mean C=7.5
|Jul mean C=11
|Aug mean C=10.5
|Sep mean C=7.7
|Oct mean C=2.9
|Nov mean C=-0.8
|Dec mean C=-2.5
|year mean C=
|Jan low C = -6
|Feb low C = -6
|Mar low C = -5
|Apr low C = -2
|May low C = 2
|Jun low C = 6
|Jul low C = 9
|Aug low C = 9
|Sep low C = 6
|Oct low C = 1
|Nov low C = -2
|Dec low C = -4
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
|precipitation colour=green <!-- Enter "green" for green precipitation colours, remove this line for blue colouring. -->
|Jan precipitation mm=55.4
|Feb precipitation mm=56.2
|Mar precipitation mm=56.7
|Apr precipitation mm=37.7
|May precipitation mm=38.9
|Jun precipitation mm=46.6
|Jul precipitation mm=49.2
|Aug precipitation mm=58.2
|Sep precipitation mm=61.2
|Oct precipitation mm=70.4
|Nov precipitation mm=59.2
|Dec precipitation mm=51.8
|year precipitation mm=
<!-- Mandatory fields, source -->
|source 1= yr.no/Norwegian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weather statistics for Mehamn LH as a table - Last 13 months |url=https://www.yr.no/en/statistics/table/5-96310/Norway/Troms%20og%20Finnmark/Gamvik/Mehamn%20LH?q=last-13-months}}</ref>
|source 2=Weatheronline.co.uk<ref>{{Cite web |title=Weatheronline climate robot (average high and low) |url=https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/weather/maps/city?LANG=en&PLZ=_____&PLZN=_____&WMO=01074&CONT=euro&R=0&LEVEL=162&REGION=0004&LAND=NO&MOD=tab&ART=TMX&NOREGION=1&FMM=1&FYY=1996&LMM=12&LYY=2020}}</ref>
|date=10 April 2021
}}

{{Weather box 
|collapsed=yes
|metric first= yes
|single line = yes
|location = [[Slettnes Lighthouse]] 1961-1990
<!-- Average high temperatures -->
|Jan high C=-1.9
|Feb high C=-2.0
|Mar high C=-1.1
|Apr high C=1.0
|May high C=4.7
|Jun high C=8.7
|Jul high C=11.9
|Aug high C=11.3
|Sep high C=8.7
|Oct high C=4.3
|Nov high C=1.2
|Dec high C=-0.8
|year high C=3.8
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
|Jan mean C=-4.4
|Feb mean C=-4.5
|Mar mean C=-3.1
|Apr mean C=-0.8
|May mean C=2.8
|Jun mean C=6.3
|Jul mean C=9.3
|Aug mean C=9.2
|Sep mean C=6.7
|Oct mean C=2.5
|Nov mean C=-0.9
|Dec mean C=-3.2
|year mean C=1.7
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
|Jan low C=-7.3
|Feb low C=-7.4
|Mar low C=-5.8
|Apr low C=-3.2
|May low C=0.8
|Jun low C=4.3
|Jul low C=7.3
|Aug low C=7.2
|Sep low C=4.7
|Oct low C=0.3
|Nov low C=-3.4
|Dec low C=-5.9
|year low C=-0.7
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
|precipitation colour= <!-- Enter "green" for green precipitation colours, remove this line for blue colouring. -->
|Jan precipitation mm=47
|Feb precipitation mm=37
|Mar precipitation mm=35
|Apr precipitation mm=34
|May precipitation mm=36
|Jun precipitation mm=37
|Jul precipitation mm=45
|Aug precipitation mm=46
|Sep precipitation mm=53
|Oct precipitation mm=67
|Nov precipitation mm=56
|Dec precipitation mm=46
|year precipitation mm=539
<!-- Average number of precipitation days -->
|unit precipitation days=  1 mm<!-- If entering the average number of days, then the unit requirement should be used, because this varies between countries. E.g. 0.2 cm, 0.2 mm. -->
|Jan precipitation days=13.2
|Feb precipitation days=10.7
|Mar precipitation days=10.5
|Apr precipitation days=10.0
|May precipitation days=9.5
|Jun precipitation days=9.4
|Jul precipitation days=9.1
|Aug precipitation days=10.4
|Sep precipitation days=13.4
|Oct precipitation days=15.7
|Nov precipitation days=14.4
|Dec precipitation days=13.8
|year precipitation days=140.1
<!-- Mandatory fields, source -->
|source 1= Norwegian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{Cite web |title=eKlima Web Portal |url=http://eklima.met.no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040614073527/http://eklima.met.no/ |archive-date=2004-06-14 |publisher=Norwegian Meteorological Institute}}</ref>
}}