It's quite true that Iceland has in general a cool oceanic / maritime climate. This means that there's not much difference between summer and winter temps. As a general rule, the north and east are the most "continental" parts of Iceland - they get colder in the winter at the same altitude, but actually a bit warmer in the summer (despite being further north). They're also sunnier and drier. The area south of ásbyrgi is in places borderline desert. On the other hand, the glaciated mountains near the south shore are the wettest place in Europe, getting more than 10 meters of precipitation per year.
The wettest inhabited locations in Iceland are unsurprisingly also near the south shore, the wettest being Vestmannaeyjar, a chain of islands off the cost which are also the warmest, most oceanic-climate, and windiest low-altitude place on Iceland. All of Iceland is very windy, but it's amazing how much wind they consistently get there due to their being small enough and separated enough from the mainland. Local factors often play a big role in windspeeds here - for example, near Reykjavík, Kjalarnes is famous for high windspeeds, due to cold air accelerating down Esja out to sea when conditions are right.
Reykjavík is sort of like a slightly cooler Seattle. Average January highs are just barely over freezing and average lows just barely under freezing (not much day-night difference - there's so little sunlight it's not the primary driving factor). In a typical year, the coldest Reykjavík will ever see is usually around -11C to -15C, although it's gotten all the way down to -24,5 once. Temperatures are notably and noticeably rising here, so it's unlikely to see that again. Average July highs are ostensibly around 13C, but in practice, 15-16C is more typical these days. The hottest it gets in a typical year these days is the low to mid 20s, and the record in Reykjavík is 26,5. People generally start complaining about the heat when the temperature gets around 20C. The hottest it's ever gotten anywhere in Iceland is 30,5C, while the lowest recorded was -38C in the northeast - with the caveat that the coldest places in Iceland are often deep in the highlands / on mountains where nobody lives, and so monitoring isn't always that great and there might sometimes be colder temps.
Hope that covers everything!
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Global Warming ended in 2012, confirmed by our Satelites 11/28/2012. Weather today is like it was before Global Warming in the 1970's. Get used to it. Mike
Cold oceanic (K?ppen climate classification: Cfc)
