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Damtjern weather & climbing conditions

Good — dry and climbable

Right now

Temp6°C
Wind7 km/h
Gusts10 km/h
Humidity88.2%
Rain 48hdry
Last rainNone recent

Assessment

No recent rain
High humidity (88.2%) — granite friction compromised, particularly for bouldering

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Saturday 31 October
Good
Temp8°C
Raindry
Wind6 km/h
Gusts10 km/h
Humidity81%
No recent rain
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
10:00 6° dry 7 — 88.2%
11:00 8° dry 6 — 79.9%
12:00 8° dry 4 — 75.1%
13:00 9° dry 4 — 74.5%
14:00 9° dry 5 — 76.8%
15:00 8° dry 7 — 82.1%
16:00 7° dry 9 — 89.7%
17:00 6° dry 10 — 96.1%
18:00 5° dry 10 — 99%
19:00 5° dry 10 — 100%
20:00 6° dry 9 — 100%
21:00 6° dry 10 — 100%
Sun Sunday 1 November
Caution
Temp6°C
Raindry
Wind4 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity94%
No recent rainHumidity 94% — potential fog
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 6° dry 9 — 100%
07:00 5° dry 8 — 100%
08:00 5° dry 7 — 100%
09:00 5° dry 4 — 100%
10:00 5° dry 2 — 99.6%
11:00 5° dry 1 — 96.9%
12:00 6° dry 3 — 93.8%
13:00 6° dry 4 — 90%
14:00 6° dry 5 — 89.8%
15:00 6° dry 8 — 91.5%
16:00 6° dry 6 — 96.1%
17:00 6° dry 5 — 97.4%
18:00 6° dry 5 — 96.4%
19:00 5° dry 6 — 95.9%
20:00 5° dry 7 — 93.1%
21:00 5° dry 8 — 89.4%
Mon Monday 2 November
Good
Temp3°C
Raindry
Wind7 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity73%
No recent rain
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
06:00 0° dry 6 — 90.6%
07:00 0° dry 6 — 91.7%
08:00 0° dry 6 — 91.3%
09:00 0° dry 6 — 87.8%
10:00 1° dry 9 — 79.6%
11:00 2° dry 8 — 72.3%
12:00 3° dry 8 — 69.5%
13:00 4° dry 8 — 69.4%
14:00 4° dry 8 — 70.6%
15:00 4° dry 7 — 73%
16:00 3° dry 5 — 78.3%
17:00 2° dry 5 — 81.9%
18:00 2° dry 5 — 84%
19:00 1° dry 5 — 88.7%
Tue Tuesday 3 November
Good
Temp5°C
Raindry
Wind6 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity78%
No recent rain
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
07:00 1° dry 7 — 94.5%
13:00 5° dry 6 — 78.1%
19:00 2° dry 4 — 92.7%
Wed Wednesday 4 November
Good
Temp5°C
Raindry
Wind5 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity86%
No recent rain
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
07:00 1° dry 5 — 95.6%
13:00 5° dry 5 — 86.3%
19:00 2° dry 6 — 95.7%
Thu Thursday 5 November
Good
Temp5°C
Raindry
Wind7 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity88%
No recent rain
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
07:00 2° dry 7 — 97.8%
13:00 5° dry 7 — 87.7%
19:00 2° dry 5 — 93.8%
Fri Friday 6 November
Caution
Temp3°C
Raindry
Wind4 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity90%
No recent rainHumidity 90% — potential fog
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
07:00 1° dry 4 — 96.4%
13:00 3° dry 4 — 89.5%
19:00 0° dry 4 — 97.1%
Sat Saturday 7 November
Caution
Temp1°C
Raindry
Wind4 km/h
Gusts—
Humidity92%
No recent rainHumidity 92% — potential fog
Time °C Rain Wind (km/h) Gust Hum
07:00 0° dry 5 — 97.3%
13:00 1° dry 4 — 92.2%
19:00 0° dry 4 — 90.6%

About Damtjern

Damtjern is one of Norway's most historically important sport-climbing crags — 40 km NW of Oslo in Krokskogen forest, Ringerike municipality in Buskerud county. Rock is distinctive red "Drammen granite" — Precambrian, excellent quality, with the vertical to slightly off-vertical walls giving 10-25m routes. The crag was developed 1986-1990 by the pioneers of Norwegian sport climbing, and hosts the country's first 8+ (Stive Dempere) and first 9 (Marathon). Grade concentration is 7+ to 9+ — this is a hard sport crag, not a beginners' venue. Continental inland climate is drier than the Bergen/Voss west coast, so Damtjern often climbs when the whole west of Norway is wet.

Region
Ringerike / Oslo
Rock type
Granite
Aspect
south-west-facing
Altitude
350m
Exposure
medium
Seepage
low