Skrova

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The fishing village of Skrova lies on the northern part of the island group. It exists mostly on the island of Heimskrova, but also includes parts of five other islands, including the northwestern edge of the large islands of Skrova. The village is connected to the town of Svolvær (also in Vågan Municipality) and the village of Skutvika (in Hamarøy Municipality on the mainland) by regularly scheduled ferry routes. The village has a population (2017) of 182, with nearly all the residents living in the village and the rest of the island group being virtually uninhabited.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/Skrova_-_tettbebyggelse|title=Skrova – tettbebyggelse|editor-first=Geir|editor-last=Thorsnæs|accessdate=2018-12-19|date=2017-07-14|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|language=Norwegian}}

The village gained privileged trading rights in 1760, and for a long time, it was the largest fishing village in Lofoten.

The main industry in Skrova is fishing, fish farming, and whaling. It is one of the largest whaling stations in Norway, taking in about half of the whale meat in Norway each year.{{cite web|url=http://www.skrova.no/omskrova.aspx?aID=2|title=Om Skrova|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2012-07-13}} The heyday of Skrova was in the 1970s and 1980s, when fishing and whaling were booming. Since the year 2000, there is now only one fishing factory, called Ellingsen's.{{cite web|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/viking-whalers/smith-text|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608040041/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/viking-whalers/smith-text|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2013|title=Viking Whalers|accessdate=2013-06-09}}

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The {{convert|2.5|km2|adj=on}} Skrova island group is part of the Lofoten archipelago in the Vestfjorden south of the island Austvågøya. Skrova is about {{convert|9|km}} southeast of the town of Svolvær. It close to Litlmolla and Stormolla. The largest island in the group is Storskrova and the island of Heimskrova is where most of the population is located. The six main inhabited islands in the group are all interconnected by a small bridge and several man-made causeways.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/Skrova_-_%C3%B8y|title=Skrova – øy|editor-first=Geir|editor-last=Thorsnæs|accessdate=2018-12-19|date=2016-08-03|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|language=Norwegian}}

Skrova Lighthouse is located in the southwestern part of the island group, about 2 km away from the village of same name. It was established in 1922 and not fully automated until 2005. There is also a meteorological weather station in the island group, near the lighthouse, with one of the longest recording series in Nordland county.

Skrova has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) despite the location {{convert|180|km}} north of the Arctic Circle. The warmest temperature recorded is {{convert|30.4|°C}} in June 1972. The coldest temperature recorded is {{convert|-15.1|°C}} in February 1966. The wettest month recorded is December 1936 with {{convert|227|mm}}, and the driest is January 2014 with {{convert|0.9|mm}}.

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|location = Skrova 1991-2020 (14 m, precipitation days 1961-90, extremes 1934-2022)

|Jan record high C = 10.6 | Jan record low C = -12.7

|Feb record high C = 8.5 | Feb record low C = -15.1

|Mar record high C = 10 | Mar record low C = -12.3

|Apr record high C = 17.4 | Apr record low C = -8.5

|May record high C = 24.3 | May record low C = -3.4

|Jun record high C = 30.4 | Jun record low C = -1.2

|Jul record high C = 29.8 | Jul record low C = 3.7

|Aug record high C = 27 | Aug record low C = 3.9

|Sep record high C = 22.1 | Sep record low C = -1.4

|Oct record high C = 17.1 | Oct record low C = -4.5

|Nov record high C = 13 | Nov record low C = -10.7

|Dec record high C = 11.2 | Dec record low C = -11.9

|Jan high C = 2.4

|Feb high C = 1.6

|Mar high C = 2.2

|Apr high C = 4.8

|May high C = 9

|Jun high C = 13

|Jul high C = 16.1

|Aug high C = 15.4

|Sep high C = 12

|Oct high C = 7.8

|Nov high C = 5.4

|Dec high C = 3.6

|Jan mean C=0.9

|Feb mean C=0.2

|Mar mean C=0.7

|Apr mean C=3.1

|May mean C=6.8

|Jun mean C=10.6

|Jul mean C=13.6

|Aug mean C=13.3

|Sep mean C=10.4

|Oct mean C=6.5

|Nov mean C=4

|Dec mean C=2.2

|year mean C=

|Jan low C = -1

|Feb low C = -1.6

|Mar low C = -0.9

|Apr low C = 1.4

|May low C = 4.9

|Jun low C = 8.6

|Jul low C = 11.5

|Aug low C = 11.5

|Sep low C = 8.8

|Oct low C = 4.9

|Nov low C = 2.2

|Dec low C = 0.3

|precipitation colour= green

|Jan precipitation mm=89

|Feb precipitation mm=81

|Mar precipitation mm=65

|Apr precipitation mm=49

|May precipitation mm=46

|Jun precipitation mm=37

|Jul precipitation mm=50

|Aug precipitation mm=48

|Sep precipitation mm=79

|Oct precipitation mm=88

|Nov precipitation mm=97

|Dec precipitation mm=90

|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days= 14

|Feb precipitation days= 11

|Mar precipitation days= 11

|Apr precipitation days= 10

|May precipitation days= 9

|Jun precipitation days= 9

|Jul precipitation days= 11

|Aug precipitation days= 10

|Sep precipitation days= 15

|Oct precipitation days= 17

|Nov precipitation days= 15

|Dec precipitation days= 15

|year precipitation mm=

|source 1= Norwegian Meteorological Institutehttp://sharki.oslo.dnmi.no/portal/page?_pageid=73,39035,73_39080&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}

|source 2= Noaa WMO averages 91-2020 Norway {{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/?C=D;O=A}}

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• List of islands of Norway

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• http://www.skrova.no

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Category:Villages in Nordland

Category:Islands of Nordland

Category:Vågan

Category:Populated places of Arctic Norway