title: Nattavaara
text: # Nattavaara
  
  66°45′14″N 20°57′01″E﻿ / ﻿66.7538°N 20.9502°E﻿ / 66.7538; 20.9502
  
  Nattavaara is a minor locality in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County in the province of Lapland in Sweden. The settlement had a permanent population of 114 as of the year 2015. Nattavaara is located 53 kilometres (33 mi) by road south of municipal seat Gällivare. That is also the nearest urban area, with Jokkmokk being slightly further away to the southwest. The only paved roads are to the north and the east, whereas the Jokkmokk road transitions into a gravel road just west of the village.
  
  The settlement has a station on the rail line between Stockholm and Narvik in Nordland, Norway. Adjacent to the small village is the even smaller settlement of Nattavaara by.
  
  ## Climate
  
  Nattavaara has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) typical of central Lapland. Winters are long, dark and cold with an extensive snow cover, whereas the midnight sun in summer is accompanied by temperatures of about 20 °C (68 °F) on average. Winters can sometimes fall below −40 °C (−40 °F) and are among the coldest in terms of Swedish locations with weather stations.
  
  Climate data for Nattavaara (2002–2021 averages, extremes since 1996 & five years between 1945 and 1963) :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Record high °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 27.8 (82.0) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.6 (90.7) | 29.2 (84.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 16.8 (62.2) | 8.0 (46.4) | 6.6 (43.9) | 32.6 (90.7) |
  | Mean maximum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | 12.1 (53.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 24.4 (75.9) | 18.5 (65.3) | 10.3 (50.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | 2.3 (36.1) | 28.1 (82.6) |
  | Average high °C (°F) | −8.9 (16.0) | −7.1 (19.2) | −1.4 (29.5) | 4.5 (40.1) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.1 (68.2) | 17.3 (63.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 3.0 (37.4) | −3.3 (26.1) | −6.2 (20.8) | 4.8 (40.6) |
  | Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.9 (7.0) | −12.6 (9.3) | −7.5 (18.5) | −0.9 (30.4) | 5.5 (41.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 6.9 (44.4) | −0.5 (31.1) | −7.4 (18.7) | −10.9 (12.4) | −0.2 (31.6) |
  | Average low °C (°F) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −18.0 (−0.4) | −13.5 (7.7) | −6.3 (20.7) | 0.2 (32.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.2 (48.6) | 6.9 (44.4) | 2.4 (36.3) | −3.9 (25.0) | −11.5 (11.3) | −15.6 (3.9) | −5.2 (22.6) |
  | Mean minimum °C (°F) | −34.3 (−29.7) | −33.6 (−28.5) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −7.1 (19.2) | 0.0 (32.0) | 3.0 (37.4) | −0.8 (30.6) | −4.9 (23.2) | −17.1 (1.2) | −26.2 (−15.2) | −30.9 (−23.6) | −37.2 (−35.0) |
  | Record low °C (°F) | −46.2 (−51.2) | −41.2 (−42.2) | −40.2 (−40.4) | −28.7 (−19.7) | −14.3 (6.3) | −4.5 (23.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | −3.0 (26.6) | −8.0 (17.6) | −27.3 (−17.1) | −36.9 (−34.4) | −40.6 (−41.1) | −46.2 (−51.2) |
  | Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.9 (1.53) | 36.1 (1.42) | 24.2 (0.95) | 24.9 (0.98) | 40.0 (1.57) | 60.7 (2.39) | 85.0 (3.35) | 71.8 (2.83) | 68.4 (2.69) | 46.5 (1.83) | 46.5 (1.83) | 45.2 (1.78) | 588.2 (23.15) |
  | Source 1: SMHI Open Data for Nattavaara A, precipitation ||||||||||||||
  | Source 2: SMHI Open Data for Nattavaara A, temperature ||||||||||||||
  