Country Guide

This small group of islands is situated in the stormiest part of the North Atlantic, midway between Scotland and Iceland. Under the influence of the warm ocean current of the Gulf Stream, the climate is very mild for the latitude. The table for Hoyvik is representative of the Faeroes.

Winters in the Faeroes are warmer than those in Denmark, 6° of latitude to the south. The islands are cloudy, wet, and windy throughout the year, for they lie in the path of the majority of Atlantic depressions. They are never very cold for long in winter and the summers are cool and sunless. Daily sunshine in the summer months averages only about four hours.