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Temperature anomalies found in coastal locations are exceptional, with southern Lofoten and [[Bø, Nordland|Bø]] having all monthly means above freezing in spite of being north of the Arctic Circle. The very northernmost coast of Norway would be ice-covered in winter if not for the Gulf Stream.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ocp.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/gs/|title=The Gulf Stream Myth|website=ocp.ldeo.columbia.edu|access-date=30 November 2016|archive-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230021448/http://ocp.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/div/ocp/gs/|url-status=live}}</ref> The east of the country has a more continental climate, and the mountain ranges have subarctic and tundra climates. There is also higher rainfall in areas exposed to the Atlantic, especially the western slopes of the mountain ranges and areas close, such as Bergen. The valleys east of the mountain ranges are the driest; some of the valleys are sheltered by mountains in most directions. [[Saltdal]] (81 m) in Nordland is the driest place with {{convert|211|mm|abbr=off}} precipitation annually (1991–2020). In southern Norway, [[Skjåk]] in Innlandet get {{convert|295|mm|abbr=off}} precipitation. [[Finnmarksvidda]] and some interior valleys of [[Troms]] receive around {{convert|400|mm|abbr=off}} annually, and the high Arctic [[Longyearbyen]] {{convert|217|mm|abbr=off}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yr.no/artikkel/norske-steder-blant-de-torreste-i-europa-1.13096592|title=Norske steder blant de tørreste i Europa (Places in Norway among the driest in Europe)|last=NRK|date=21 August 2016|publisher=[[NRK]]|access-date=26 August 2016|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826010025/http://www.yr.no/artikkel/norske-steder-blant-de-torreste-i-europa-1.13096592|url-status=live}}</ref>
Parts of southeastern Norway including parts of [[Mjøsa]] have a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] Dfb), the southern and western coasts and also the coast north to Bodø have an [[oceanic climate]] (Cfb), and the outer coast further north almost to North Cape has a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc). Further inland in the south and at higher altitudes, and also in much of Northern Norway, the [[subarctic climate]] (Dfc) dominates. A small strip of land along the coast east of North Cape (including Vardø) earlier had [[Polar climate|tundra/alpine/polar climate]] (ET), but this is mostly gone with the updated 1991–2020 climate normals, making this also subarctic. Large parts of Norway are covered by mountains and high altitude plateaus, and about one third of the land is above the treeline and thus exhibit [[Tundra climate|tundra/alpine/polar climate]] (ET).<ref name="Norwegian-Meteorological-Institute"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.climate-data.org/country/38/|title=Climate of Norway: Temperature, Climate graph, Climate table for Norway|publisher=Climate-Data.org|access-date=20 March 2017|archive-date=21 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321081459/https://en.climate-data.org/country/38/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Updated world map of the Koppen-Geiger climate classification|last=A study behind the updated maps of Köppen-Geiger climate classification|journal=Hydrology and Earth System Sciences|year=2007|volume=11|issue=5|pages=1633–1644|doi=10.5194/HESS-11-1633-2007|bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P|s2cid=9654551|doi-access=free| issn=1027-5606 }}</ref><ref name="Book-Climate"/><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/present.htm|title=World map of Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated|journal=Meteorologische Zeitschrift|volume=15|issue=3|pages=259–263|last=Website with maps|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405164155/http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/present.htm|archive-date=5 April 2017|bibcode=2006MetZe..15..259K|year=2006|doi=10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130}}</ref>
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