Djúpivogur

Djúpivogur features a cold tundra climate (Köppen: ET). Approximately 5 kilometres west of Djúpivogur lies Teigarhorn {{IPA|is|ˈtʰeiːɣarˌhɔ(r)tn̥|}},{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Dj%C3%BApivogur,+Iceland/Teigarhorni,+Teigarhorn+Natural+Monument+and+Nature+Preserve,+765+Dj%C3%BApivogur,+Iceland/@64.6657365,-14.3543143,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x48cec38f02292149:0x3b5e271b6c5b9d8b!2m2!1d-14.2900509!2d64.656888!1m5!1m1!1s0x48cec3dda63c381b:0x8a4b9e1a4a7ffb60!2m2!1d-14.34627!2d64.677362|title=Google Maps| access-date=28 July 2016}} a farm on the shores of Berufjörður, where weather observations began in 1874.{{cite web|url=http://nat.is/travelguideeng/plofin_teigarhorn.htm|title=TEIGARHORN BERUFJORDUR EAST ICELAND – Iceland travel|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=11 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030911033230/http://www.nat.is/travelguideeng/plofin_teigarhorn.htm|url-status=dead}} It is one of the oldest weather stations in the country and holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Iceland, {{convert|30.5|C|0|abbr=on}} recorded on June 22, 1939.Einarsson, Markús. [http://en.vedur.is/media/loftslag/myndasafn/frodleikur/Einarsson.pdf Climate of Iceland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724205404/http://en.vedur.is/media/loftslag/myndasafn/frodleikur/Einarsson.pdf |date=24 July 2011 }} pg 683. Retrieved 29 April 2009.[http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=309709 Heat Wave Hits Iceland, New Records Set] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629021152/http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=309709 |date=29 June 2009 }} Iceland Review 31 July 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009. It is also claimed that Teigarhorn reached {{convert|36.0|C|0|abbr=on}} in September 1940, but that is not recognized by the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Temperatures above {{convert|30|C|0|abbr=on}} are very rare in Iceland, and have occurred only 5 times since weather observations first began in Iceland in the 19th century.{{cite web|url=https://www.vedur.is/vedur/frodleikur/greinar/nr/1000|title=Hæsti hiti á Íslandi – Teigarhorn 22. júní 1939| access-date=28 July 2016}} Teigarhorn features a cold tundra climate (Köppen: ET) because it does not have any month that has a mean temperature above {{convert|10|C|0|abbr=on}}, but the winter temperatures are mild for a cold tundra climate, and thus closely resembles a mild tundra climate or a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc), the climate generally seen in coastal Iceland.

{{Weather box

| location = Teigarhorn (20 m),{{cite web|url=http://www.vedur.is/vedur/stodvar/?s=teiga|title=Information about Teigarhorn Weather Station|publisher=Icelandic Met Office | access-date=27 August 2016}} {{convert|5|km|1|abbr=on}} from Djúpivogur (1961–1990)

| metric first = Y

| single line = Y

| Jan record high C = 16.6

| Feb record high C = 14.1

| Mar record high C = 16.0

| Apr record high C = 18.2

| May record high C = 24.1

| Jun record high C = 30.5

| Jul record high C = 26.7

| Aug record high C = 23.6

| Sep record high C = 23.1

| Oct record high C = 19.3

| Nov record high C = 17.8

| Dec record high C = 15.0

| Jan high C = 2.3

| Feb high C = 2.6

| Mar high C = 2.9

| Apr high C = 5.0

| May high C = 7.4

| Jun high C = 10.3

| Jul high C = 11.9

| Aug high C = 11.6

| Sep high C = 9.4

| Oct high C = 6.7

| Nov high C = 3.8

| Dec high C = 2.7

| year high C = 6.4

| Jan mean C = -0.3

| Feb mean C = 0.2

| Mar mean C = 0.4

| Apr mean C = 2.2

| May mean C = 4.5

| Jun mean C = 7.3

| Jul mean C = 8.8

| Aug mean C = 8.8

| Sep mean C = 6.9

| Oct mean C = 4.4

| Nov mean C = 1.3

| Dec mean C = -0.1

| year mean C = 3.7

| Jan low C = -2.9

| Feb low C = -2.5

| Mar low C = -2.5

| Apr low C = -0.7

| May low C = 1.9

| Jun low C = 4.7

| Jul low C = 6.3

| Aug low C = 6.5

| Sep low C = 4.4

| Oct low C = 2.0

| Nov low C = -1.4

| Dec low C = -2.9

| year low C = 1.1

| Jan record low C = -17.1

| Feb record low C = -18.8

| Mar record low C = -19.3

| Apr record low C = -22.9

| May record low C = -8.7

| Jun record low C = -2.2

| Jul record low C = 0.0

| Aug record low C = 0.4

| Sep record low C = -3.2

| Oct record low C = -9.5

| Nov record low C = -11.5

| Dec record low C = -17.5

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 129.0

| Feb precipitation mm = 109.2

| Mar precipitation mm = 106.8

| Apr precipitation mm = 70.4

| May precipitation mm = 76.8

| Jun precipitation mm = 71.9

| Jul precipitation mm = 83.8

| Aug precipitation mm = 109.8

| Sep precipitation mm = 110.1

| Oct precipitation mm = 151.5

| Nov precipitation mm = 97.8

| Dec precipitation mm = 111.0

| year precipitation mm = 1228.5

| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 15.5

| Feb precipitation days = 13.6

| Mar precipitation days = 14.6

| Apr precipitation days = 11.6

| May precipitation days = 11.6

| Jun precipitation days = 11.5

| Jul precipitation days = 13.1

| Aug precipitation days = 14.7

| Sep precipitation days = 14.2

| Oct precipitation days = 16.6

| Nov precipitation days = 13.5

| Dec precipitation days = 14.0

| year precipitation days = 164.9

| source 1 = Icelandic Met Office{{Cite web |url=http://www.vedur.is/Medaltalstoflur-txt/Teigarhorn_675_med6190.txt|title=Teigarhorn 1961–1990 Averages|publisher=Icelandic Met Office | access-date=28 July 2016}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.vedur.is/Medaltalstoflur-txt/Stod_675_Teigarhorn.ManMedal.txt|title=Climatological Data for Teigarhorn |publisher=Icelandic Met Office | access-date=28 July 2016}}

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By the early nineteenth century, Djúpivogur was 'a tiny port with a Danish colonial trading base'. Hans Jonatan, who had been a slave in Copenhagen, escaped there and became one of Iceland's first people of colour.Kristín Loftsdóttir and Gísli Pálsson, 'Black on White: Danish Colonialism, Iceland and the Caribbean', in Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity: Small Time Agents in a Global Arena, ed. by Magdalena Naum and Jonas M. Nordin, Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology Volume, 37 (New York: Springer, 2013), pp. 37--52 (quoting p. 47). {{doi|10.1007/978-1-4614-6202-6_3}}

Djúpivogur is the first and only Cittaslow town in Iceland. Cittaslow's goals include improving the quality of life in towns by slowing down its overall pace, especially in a city's use of spaces and the flow of life and traffic through them. Cittaslow is part of a cultural trend known as the slow movement.

• Æðarstein Lighthouse

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080809132934/http://www.cruiseatlantic.com/djupivogur.cfm Djupivogur]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20141107052050/http://www.islandsmyndir.is/html_skjol/austurland/Djupivogur_2002/index.html Djúpivogur. Picture gallery from islandsmyndir.is]

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