Riksgränsen
| Riksgränsen | |
|---|---|
 Lift in Riksgränsen | |
| Coordinates | 68°25′40″N 18°07′20″E / 68.42778°N 18.12222°E |
| Vertical | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
| Top elevation | 909 |
| Base elevation | 520 |
| Trails | 28 |
| Lift system | 6 |
| Lift capacity | 7400 passengers/hr |
| Snowmaking | no |
| Night skiing | Selected days (under midnight sun) |
Riksgränsen, (Norwegian: Riksgrensen), The National Border in Swedish, is a ski-resort in Kiruna Municipality, Lappland, Sweden, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. The skiing season is from February to June. From end of May the lifts operate under the midnight sun. One of the pistes cross the border to Norway and back to Sweden. No border control there. It is the most northern ski resort in the world.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
| Climate data for Katterjåkk, 2002–2020 (extremes since 1901) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
7.0 (44.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
30.0 (86.0) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.3 (37.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
3.1 (37.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.3 (46.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−3.5 (25.6) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −24.8 (−12.6) |
−25.4 (−13.7) |
−21.0 (−5.8) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
3.6 (38.5) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−20.9 (−5.6) |
−28.0 (−18.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.5 (−30.1) |
−35.2 (−31.4) |
−30.9 (−23.6) |
−24.0 (−11.2) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
−35.2 (−31.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 79.5 (3.13) |
68.0 (2.68) |
73.3 (2.89) |
45.1 (1.78) |
47.4 (1.87) |
71.7 (2.82) |
82.2 (3.24) |
73.6 (2.90) |
105.6 (4.16) |
80.8 (3.18) |
65.4 (2.57) |
83.1 (3.27) |
875.7 (34.49) |
| Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) | 104 (41) |
131 (52) |
155 (61) |
157 (62) |
130 (51) |
36 (14) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
5 (2.0) |
24 (9.4) |
43 (17) |
78 (31) |
163 (64) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 0 | 22 | 88 | 153 | 201 | 201 | 217 | 153 | 80 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1,158 |
| Source: [1] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "SMHI". Archived from the original on 2013-02-13.
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