Arvidsjaur Árviesjávrrie | |
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  Arvidsjaur  Arvidsjaur | |
| Coordinates:65°35′N19°10′E / 65.583°N 19.167°E /65.583; 19.167 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Lapland |
| County | Norrbotten County |
| Municipality | Arvidsjaur Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.67 km2 (1.80 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
• Total | 4,635 |
| • Density | 993/km2 (2,570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Arvidsjaur (Swedish:[ˈǎrːvɪdsjaʊr];[2]Ume Sami:Árviesjávrrie;Pite Sami:Árvehávvre) is alocality and the seat ofArvidsjaur Municipality inNorrbotten County,province ofLapland,Sweden with 4,635 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Arvidsjaur is a center for the European car industry. During the winter months, major car-manufacturers perform arctic trials in the Arvidsjaur Municipality. The town also fosters tourism by offering snowmobile tours, trekking, skiing, fishing and dogsled rides.
Arvidsjaur is a Swedish adaptation of theUme Sámi wordárviesjávrrie, derived fromárvies ("generous" or "one who gives abundantly") andjávrrie ("lake"), referring to the fishing in the nearby lake of the same name. Aruens järff by was the Swedishized name of the Sámi village where the Arvidsjaur Church was built in1607. In the Place Name Register, the variants *Arfwids Jerfwi by (1606) and Arfwids Järfwi (1607) are documented.[3]
The following sports clubs are in Arvidsjaur:
Arvidsjaur has established rail and road networks, and also hasan airport, with daily flights to Stockholm, and seasonal ones to destinations in Germany. The railwayInlandsbanan has only tourist trains in the summer. There are buses to Gällivare, Östersund, Skellefteå, Piteå, Luleå and more local places.
Arvidsjaur has asubarctic climate that is dominated by the long winters and briefly interrupted by moderately warm but very bright summers due to its northerly latitude.The highest temperature ever in Arvidsjaur (32.5 °C) was recorded on July 27, 2019.
| Climate data for Arvidsjaur, elevation 382 m (1,253 ft) (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1996–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 7.3 (45.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 27.1 (80.8) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 20.1 (68.2) | 10.7 (51.3) | 7.8 (46.0) | 32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) | −5.7 (21.7) | −1.0 (30.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 16.5 (61.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 11.5 (52.7) | 3.7 (38.7) | −2.2 (28.0) | −4.6 (23.7) | 5.3 (41.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) | −10.0 (14.0) | −5.6 (21.9) | 0.0 (32.0) | 6.1 (43.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 14.6 (58.3) | 12.6 (54.7) | 7.4 (45.3) | 0.7 (33.3) | −5.2 (22.6) | −8.3 (17.1) | 1.1 (34.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.9 (5.2) | −14.9 (5.2) | −10.9 (12.4) | −5.0 (23.0) | 0.9 (33.6) | 6.7 (44.1) | 9.8 (49.6) | 8.0 (46.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | −2.3 (27.9) | −8.8 (16.2) | −12.5 (9.5) | −3.4 (25.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.3 (−42.3) | −39.5 (−39.1) | −33.3 (−27.9) | −23.8 (−10.8) | −9.3 (15.3) | −2.0 (28.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | −0.8 (30.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −19.1 (−2.4) | −33.1 (−27.6) | −34.9 (−30.8) | −41.3 (−42.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 31.7 (1.25) | 24.1 (0.95) | 24.1 (0.95) | 25.4 (1.00) | 41.0 (1.61) | 64.7 (2.55) | 82.5 (3.25) | 74.0 (2.91) | 55.7 (2.19) | 47.5 (1.87) | 40.6 (1.60) | 37.8 (1.49) | 549.2 (21.62) |
| Source 1: WMO 1991-2020 Climate Normals[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: SMHI Normals datasheets for the 1991-2020 period[5] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Arvidsjaur (2002–2022 averages); extremes since 1996 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 7.3 (45.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 27.1 (80.8) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 20.1 (68.2) | 10.7 (51.3) | 7.8 (46.0) | 32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 12.7 (54.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 24.6 (76.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 11.1 (52.0) | 5.4 (41.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | 27.8 (82.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) | −5.4 (22.3) | −0.6 (30.9) | 4.8 (40.6) | 11.5 (52.7) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 11.7 (53.1) | 4.0 (39.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | −4.1 (24.6) | 5.6 (42.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.2 (11.8) | −9.9 (14.2) | −5.5 (22.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | 6.4 (43.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 15.1 (59.2) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.8 (46.0) | 1.0 (33.8) | −5.3 (22.5) | −8.1 (17.4) | 1.3 (34.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.4 (4.3) | −14.5 (5.9) | −10.4 (13.3) | −4.5 (23.9) | 1.3 (34.3) | 7.1 (44.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 8.3 (46.9) | 3.9 (39.0) | −2.0 (28.4) | −8.5 (16.7) | −12.0 (10.4) | −3.0 (26.5) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −30.4 (−22.7) | −29.3 (−20.7) | −25.1 (−13.2) | −14.9 (5.2) | −4.9 (23.2) | 1.4 (34.5) | 4.8 (40.6) | 1.2 (34.2) | −2.9 (26.8) | −12.9 (8.8) | −21.6 (−6.9) | −26.9 (−16.4) | −33.1 (−27.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.3 (−42.3) | −39.5 (−39.1) | −33.3 (−27.9) | −23.8 (−10.8) | −9.3 (15.3) | −2.0 (28.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | −0.8 (30.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −19.1 (−2.4) | −33.1 (−27.6) | −34.9 (−30.8) | −41.3 (−42.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 30.1 (1.19) | 24.2 (0.95) | 21.1 (0.83) | 23.0 (0.91) | 41.0 (1.61) | 56.6 (2.23) | 81.0 (3.19) | 67.6 (2.66) | 58.9 (2.32) | 44.3 (1.74) | 34.9 (1.37) | 37.1 (1.46) | 519.8 (20.46) |
| Source 1: SMHI Open Data[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: SMHI Monthly Data 2002–2022[7] | |||||||||||||
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