Editing Vardø Municipality (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Hornøya2.jpg|thumb|280px|left|View of [[Hornøya (Finnmark)|Hornøya]]]]
Vardø is the easternmost town in Norway and the [[Nordic countries]], located at 31°E, which is east of [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Kyiv]] and [[Istanbul]]. The eastern part of Finnmark is in the same [[time zone]] as the rest of the country, despite daylight shifted by more than an hour. The town is on the island of [[Vardøya]], but the municipality includes significant area on the mainland of the [[Varanger Peninsula]], including part of the [[Varangerhalvøya National Park]] in the southwest. The highest point in the municipality is the {{convert|492|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Grythaugen.<ref name="elev" />

The mountain [[Domen, Norway|Domen]] lies on the shore of the Varanger Peninsula. South of it lies the small [[Kibergsneset]] peninsula, where the village of [[Kiberg]] is. The town lies on the island of [[Vardøya]], which is surrounded by a few smaller islands. [[Hornøya (Finnmark)|Hornøya]] is one of them. It is northeast of Vardøya and is the site of [[Vardø Lighthouse]]. The mouth of the [[Varangerfjorden]] lies along the municipality's eastern coast.

===Climate===
[[File:Mean air temperature (year) (Vardø Radio, SN98550).svg|thumb|right|Since Vardø in 1830, average annual temperature data recorded by weather stations illustrate the phenomenon of [[global warming]].]]
The port of Vardø, on the [[Barents Sea]], remains ice-free all year round thanks to the warm [[North Atlantic drift]]. Vardø earlier had a [[polar climate|tundra climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''ET''),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Klima en Vardo |url=http://www.klimadiagramme.de/Europa/vardo.html |access-date=2008-12-13 |language=de}}</ref> but as a result of warming, Vardø now has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Dfc'') using the official 1991-2020 period, because the monthly mean temperatures in July and August has passed the {{convert|10|C|F}} threshold. Excluding high mountain areas, it was earlier the only town in Norway proper (excluding [[Svalbard]] and [[Jan Mayen]]) with a polar climate. The town is on an unsheltered island in the Barents Sea and treeless. The "[[midnight sun]]" is above the horizon from 16 May to 29 July, and the period with continuous daylight lasts a bit longer, [[polar night]] from 24 November to 19 January. The average date for first overnight freeze (below {{convert|0|°C}}) in autumn is October 12.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2013 |title=Første frostnatt |url=https://www.yr.no/artikkel/forste-frostnatt-1.11261900}}</ref> The weather station Vardø Radio (10 m) started recording in June 1829.
{{Weather box 
|metric first= yes
|single line = yes
|location = Vardø (10 m, Vardø Radio), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1829–present
|Jan record high C = 7.3
|Feb record high C = 6.9
|Mar record high C = 8.4
|Apr record high C = 13.3
|May record high C = 21.1
|Jun record high C = 25.8
|Jul record high C = 27.3
|Aug record high C = 25.1
|Sep record high C = 20.1
|Oct record high C = 13.8
|Nov record high C = 10.4
|Dec record high C = 7.3
|year record high C = 27.0
|Jan avg record high C = 3.6
|Feb avg record high C = 3.3
|Mar avg record high C = 3.6
|Apr avg record high C = 6.8
|May avg record high C = 12.7
|Jun avg record high C = 16.8
|Jul avg record high C = 20.0
|Aug avg record high C = 19.1
|Sep avg record high C = 15.2
|Oct avg record high C = 9.9
|Nov avg record high C = 5.6
|Dec avg record high C = 4.8
|year avg record high C = 21.4
|Jan high C = -1.2
|Feb high C = -1.8
|Mar high C = -0.4
|Apr high C = 2.2
|May high C = 5.8
|Jun high C = 9.1
|Jul high C = 12.3
|Aug high C = 12.3
|Sep high C = 9.8
|Oct high C = 5.0
|Nov high C = 1.7
|Dec high C = 0.2
|year high C = 4.6
|Jan mean C = -3.5
|Feb mean C = -3.9
|Mar mean C = -2.3
|Apr mean C = 0.3
|May mean C = 3.8
|Jun mean C = 7.0
|Jul mean C = 10.0
|Aug mean C = 10.1
|Sep mean C = 7.8
|Oct mean C = 3.3
|Nov mean C = -0.2
|Dec mean C = -2.0
|year mean C = 2.5
|Jan low C = -6.0
|Feb low C = -6.5
|Mar low C = -4.5
|Apr low C = -1.6
|May low C = 1.8
|Jun low C = 5.0
|Jul low C = 8.0
|Aug low C = 8.2
|Sep low C = 5.9
|Oct low C = 1.5
|Nov low C = -2.2
|Dec low C = -4.3
|year low C = 0.5
|Jan avg record low C = -12.8
|Feb avg record low C = -12.8
|Mar avg record low C = -9.8
|Apr avg record low C = -7.2
|May avg record low C = -2.3
|Jun avg record low C = 1.7
|Jul avg record low C = 5.3
|Aug avg record low C = 4.5
|Sep avg record low C = 1.8
|Oct avg record low C = -4.2
|Nov avg record low C = -7.9
|Dec avg record low C = -10.3
|year avg record low C = -14.5
|Jan record low C = -22.5
|Feb record low C = -22.7
|Mar record low C = -20.5
|Apr record low C = -14.4
|May record low C = -10.3
|Jun record low C = -3.9
|Jul record low C = -1.6
|Aug record low C = -0.4
|Sep record low C = -4.8
|Oct record low C = -13.2
|Nov record low C = -15.0
|Dec record low C = -20.1
|year record low C = -22.7
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 59.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 50.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 51.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 40.3
|May precipitation mm = 35.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 46.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 55.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 55.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 46.6
|Oct precipitation mm = 70.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 52.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 60.0
|year precipitation mm = 623.9
|Jan precipitation days = 16
|Feb precipitation days = 13
|Mar precipitation days = 13
|Apr precipitation days = 11
|May precipitation days = 9
|Jun precipitation days = 8
|Jul precipitation days = 9
|Aug precipitation days = 9
|Sep precipitation days = 10
|Oct precipitation days = 16
|Nov precipitation days = 13
|Dec precipitation days = 14
|year precipitation days = 141
|Jan snow depth cm = 62
|Feb snow depth cm = 83
|Mar snow depth cm = 98
|Apr snow depth cm = 97
|May snow depth cm = 59
|Jun snow depth cm = 10
|Jul snow depth cm = 0
|Aug snow depth cm = 0
|Sep snow depth cm = 1
|Oct snow depth cm = 8
|Nov snow depth cm = 21
|Dec snow depth cm = 42
|year snow depth cm = 110
|humidity colour = green
|Jan humidity = 85
|Feb humidity = 85
|Mar humidity = 82
|Apr humidity = 81
|May humidity = 82
|Jun humidity = 84
|Jul humidity = 87
|Aug humidity = 86
|Sep humidity = 84
|Oct humidity = 83
|Nov humidity = 84
|Dec humidity = 84
|year humidity = 84
|Jan dew point C = -6.3
|Feb dew point C = -6.6
|Mar dew point C = -5.4
|Apr dew point C = -2.6
|May dew point C = 0.5
|Jun dew point C = 3.9
|Jul dew point C = 7.7
|Aug dew point C = 7.4
|Sep dew point C = 5.7
|Oct dew point C = 0.9
|Nov dew point C = -2.2
|Dec dew point C = -3.9
|year dew point C = -0.1
|source 1 = Norwegian Meteorological Institute (dew point and humidity 1991-2020, extreme snow depth 1897-1950 and extremes)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Observations and weather statistics (Vardø Radio/SN98550) |url=https://seklima.met.no/ |access-date=September 21, 2023 |publisher=[[Norwegian Meteorological Institute]]}}</ref><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 = NOAA WMO averages 91-2020 Norway<ref>{{Cite web |title=NOAA WMO normals Norway 1991-2020 |url=https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Norway/CSV/VARDO_RADIO_01098.csv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921134143/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Norway/CSV/VARDO_RADIO_01098.csv |archive-date=2023-09-21}}</ref>
}}

===Fauna and flora===
The municipality of Vardø with its seabird colonies of [[Hornøya (Finnmark)|Hornøya]] and [[Reinøya (Vardø)|Reinøya]] are among the most interesting on this part of the coast. There is a small breeding population of [[Brunnich's guillemot]] as well as larger numbers of [[razorbill]] and [[common guillemot]].

The climate is too cold in summer and too windy in winter for trees, but a few planted trees exist in wind-sheltered locations, generally [[Sorbus aucuparia|rowans]].