Editing Sortland Municipality (section)

===Climate===
Sortland has a [[subpolar oceanic climate]]. The weather station (Sortland-Kleiva) has been recording since January 1956. The record high of {{convert|31|C}} was set on 29 July 2018. The record low  {{convert|-13.5|C}} was set in January 2016 (extremes available since 2004). The average date for the last overnight freeze (low below {{convert|0|°C|1|abbr=on}}) in spring is 7 May<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2012 |title=Siste frostnatt om våren |url=https://www.yr.no/artikkel/siste-frostnatt-om-varen-1.8119060}}</ref> and average date for first freeze in autumn is 14 October<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2013 |title=Første frostnatt |url=https://www.yr.no/artikkel/forste-frostnatt-1.11261900}}</ref> giving a frost-free season of 159 days (1981-2010 average). 
{{Weather box 
|metric first= yes
|single line = yes
|location = Sortland - Kleiva 1991–2020 (14 m, extremes 2004–2022)
|Jan record high C =9.7 | Jan record low C = -13.5
|Feb record high C = 8.2 | Feb record low C = -11.1
|Mar record high C = 9.5 | Mar record low C = -12.1
|Apr record high C = 17.6 | Apr record low C = -7.3
|May record high C = 22.5 | May record low C = -4.4
|Jun record high C = 29.3 | Jun record low C = 1.1
|Jul record high C = 31 | Jul record low C = 5.1
|Aug record high C = 30.3 | Aug record low C = 3
|Sep record high C = 22.6 | Sep record low C = -1.2
|Oct record high C = 18.2 | Oct record low C = -3.3
|Nov record high C = 12 | Nov record low C = -9.2
|Dec record high C = 10.1 | Dec record low C = -10.1
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
|Jan mean C=-0.8
|Feb mean C=-1.3
|Mar mean C=-0.3
|Apr mean C=2.3
|May mean C=6.4
|Jun mean C=10
|Jul mean C=13.1
|Aug mean C=12.4
|Sep mean C=9.1
|Oct mean C=4.6
|Nov mean C=1.9
|Dec mean C=0.1
|year mean C=
<!-- 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=160
|Feb precipitation mm=174
|Mar precipitation mm=150
|Apr precipitation mm=110
|May precipitation mm=82
|Jun precipitation mm=78
|Jul precipitation mm=60
|Aug precipitation mm=90
|Sep precipitation mm=116
|Oct precipitation mm=168
|Nov precipitation mm=139
|Dec precipitation mm=171
|year precipitation mm=
<!-- Mandatory fields, source -->
|source 1= eklima/Norwegian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norwegian Meteorological Institute |url=http://sharki.oslo.dnmi.no/portal/page?_pageid=73,39035,73_39080&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL}}</ref>
}}

Earlier weather station
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{{Weather box 
|metric first= yes
|single line = yes
|location = Sortland 1991–2020 (3 m)
| Jan high C = 1.8
 | Feb high C = 1.4
 | Mar high C = 2.5
 | Apr high C = 5.5
 | May high C = 9.8
 | Jun high C = 12.6
 | Jul high C = 15.7
 | Aug high C = 15.4
 | Sep high C = 12.1
 | Oct high C = 7.3
 | Nov high C = 4.4
 | Dec high C = 2.7
 | year high C = 7.7

 | Jan mean C = -0.8
 | Feb mean C = -1.1
 | Mar mean C = -0.2
 | Apr mean C = 2.7
 | May mean C = 6.6
 | Jun mean C = 9.7
 | Jul mean C = 12.5
 | Aug mean C = 12.3
 | Sep mean C = 9.3
 | Oct mean C = 5.0
 | Nov mean C = 2.1
 | Dec mean C = 0.2
 | year mean C = 4.8

 | Jan low C = -3.4
 | Feb low C = -3.7
 | Mar low C = -2.8
 | Apr low C = -0.1
 | May low C = 3.8
 | Jun low C = 7.4
 | Jul low C = 10.2
 | Aug low C = 9.8
 | Sep low C = 6.8
 | Oct low C = 2.6
 | Nov low C = -0.4
 | Dec low C = -2.3
 | year low C = 2.4
<!-- 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 = 152.2
 | Feb precipitation mm = 138.6
 | Mar precipitation mm = 141.2
 | Apr precipitation mm = 88.9
 | May precipitation mm = 65.6
 | Jun precipitation mm = 59.1
 | Jul precipitation mm = 62.2
 | Aug precipitation mm = 76.4
 | Sep precipitation mm = 129.2
 | Oct precipitation mm = 168.7
 | Nov precipitation mm = 139.9
 | Dec precipitation mm = 174.2
 | year precipitation mm = 1396.2
<!-- Mandatory fields, source -->
|source 1= eklima/Norwegian Meteorological Institute<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norwegian Meteorological Institute |url=http://sharki.oslo.dnmi.no/portal/page?_pageid=73,39035,73_39080&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL}}</ref>
 | source 2 = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="WMONormals">{{Cite web |title=World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Sortland |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Norway/CSV/SORTLAND_86500.csv |access-date=January 11, 2024 |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}}</ref>
}}