Table 3: Average precipitation totals (in millimetres) during 1961–90 and 1981–2010.

Station 1961–1990 1981–2010 Annual Winter Spring Summer Autumn Annual Winter Spring Summer Autumn Ny-Ålesund 385 99 86 84 116 427 132 78 82 136 Svalbard Airport* 190 52 40 51 49 191 55 31 47 58 Hopen 476 135 97 104 140 NA NA NA NA NA Bjørnøya 369 92 67 89 121 442 135 94 78 136

* The relocation of the gauge at Svalbard Airport in 2005 has minor influence on the 30-year average 1981–2010.