Cold waves in Iceland
8 cold waves have been recorded in Iceland by Global Incident Tracker, 8 of them in 2026. The most recent was on 15 October 2026. These are incidents our sources reported, not an official national total.
Continuous monitoring began 9 August 2026. These counters show what we have recorded since then, not everything that happened.
Thin record. We hold only 8 cold waves for Iceland, which is too few to describe a pattern. This page is not offered to search engines until it holds more.
Most recent cold waves in Iceland
When they happen
October carries the most cold waves we hold for Iceland — 8 of 8. This is when incidents were reported, so read a quiet month as either a quiet month or thin reporting.
| Month | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | |
| February | 0 | |
| March | 0 | |
| April | 0 | |
| May | 0 | |
| June | 0 | |
| July | 0 | |
| August | 0 | |
| September | 0 | |
| October | 8 | |
| November | 0 | |
| December | 0 |
Where this data comes from
Cold waves have official real-time feeds, and ours come from US NWS · Meteoalarm · national services (CAP) · news.