First snow hits Reykjavík

The first snow of winter came down in parts of Reykjavík tonight and in many places the ground is now covered with a fine layer of sparkling white snow.

Many city dwellers have voiced their complaints and confusion on Facebook and other social media tonight as they think all of this cold, white stuff is coming a bit early. However, Óli Þór Árnason at the Icelandic Meteorological Office, says that there is nothing unusual about the weather at all.

„People's weather-memory is often similar to that of a coldfish,“ Óli Þór said to mbl.is. „The weather may not have been this way for the past couple of years but snow has always arrived this early every now and then and manages to surprise everybody each time.“

Óli Þór points out that it was only a couple of years ago that the regulation for winter tires was changed so that the season starts November 1st instead of the 15th of October. 

The public will not have to worry about winter tires tomorrow though as Óli Þór says the snow will likely have melted by then due to rain.

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