page_title: Hovden, Nordland
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Hovden, Nordland / Climate
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Vårbilde fra Vesterålen. Fiskeværet i mars 2006.
context_page_description: Hovden is a fishing village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located at the northern tip of a peninsula on the island of Langøya, on the west side of the Malnesfjorden. The ocean lies to the north and west of the village. The road that goes to Hovden ends at the village. The habitation of Hovden, on the outermost point on a peninsula of the third-largest island in Norway is because of the closeness to the rich fishing banks off of the Vesterålen archipelago. Fish processing and fishing are the main employment of dwellers in Hovden.
  Archaeological findings show that Hovden have been populated at least since 400 to 800 CE.
  The southern and western part of Hovden is referred to as "Malnes". Malnes was the clerical center for the northern part of Bø until Malnes Church was moved from Malnes in 1829 to the village of Eidet. The name of the parish is still called Malnes.
context_section_description: Hovden's climate is a mild coastal climate. The winter is seldom cold. Average temperature in January is −1.4 °C (29.5 °F). The summer is seldom warm. Average temperature in August is 12.1 °C (53.8 °F). The precipitation is quite large with approximately 1,000 millimetres (39 in) per year.  The climate is perfect for drying fish since the temperature is seldom below −2 °C (28 °F) or above 10 °C (50 °F) in the most important months between January and May.
  The immediate closeness of the ocean makes the climate mild. April to June have the least precipitation, while the wet months are the autumn months. The dominating winds are the southwest winds (mild and moist) and the northeast winds (cold and dry). The North Atlantic Drift (extension of the Gulf Stream) is the reason for the mild climate. The continental shelf rises close to shore outside Vesterålen and have an insignificant impact on the life in the sea.
caption: From Malnesberget 529 meters above sea level
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