Lake · Sweden
Torneträsk
Lake in Kiruna municipality in Sweden
- Area
- 327km²
- Max depth
- 168m
- Average depth
- 43m
- Elevation
- 330m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 275km
- Volume
- 14.1km³
Torneträsk is a lake in Sweden. It covers 327 km². On average it is 43 m deep, and 168 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 330 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Torneträsk?
The water is warmest in August, around 8 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. Even at its warmest, the surface stays below 17 °C on average: this is cold water.
The lake usually freezes over for about 206 days a year, from around 6 November to 30 May.
On the shore, afternoons reach 13 °C on average in July and -10 °C in January. The driest month is April (98 mm of rain), the wettest July (161 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (124 readings). Shallow bays and beaches are often warmer.
From above
The whole lake from space
Month by month
The year at the lake, month by month
Not a forecast: these are averages over many years. Water is the 2013–2021 average; air, rain, sun and wind are the 1991–2020 average.
Water: 2013–2021 averageClimate: 1991–2020 average
| Month | Water°C | Water high°C | Air high°C | Air low°C | Rainmm | Rainy daysdays | Sunh/day | Windkm/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Ice | — | -10 | -15 | 114 | 21 | 0.5 | 16 |
| February | Ice | — | -9 | -15 | 112 | 19 | 1.3 | 17 |
| March | Ice | — | -6 | -13 | 121 | 21 | 4.9 | 16 |
| April | Ice | — | -2 | -8 | 98 | 20 | 8.2 | 14 |
| May | Ice | — | 1 | -3 | 103 | 21 | 8.4 | 12 |
| June | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 124 | 21 | 7.5 | 11 |
| July | 6 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 161 | 24 | 6.8 | 11 |
| August | 8 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 137 | 24 | 5.3 | 11 |
| September | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 142 | 22 | 3.2 | 13 |
| October | 4 | 7 | -2 | -6 | 126 | 22 | 1.2 | 13 |
| November | Ice | — | -6 | -11 | 114 | 20 | 0.4 | 14 |
| December | Ice | — | -8 | -13 | 130 | 22 | — | 16 |
Water: LakeTEMP (Landsat 8, 2013–2021). Air, rain, sun and wind: NASA POWER, 1991–2020 averages. A rainy day has at least 1 mm of rain. Sunshine hours are derived from measured solar radiation.
Size & depth
How big, how deep
- On average, water stays in the lake for about 9.9 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 4,803 km² of land.
- About 45 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 4.3 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Torneträsk
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 4beaches and swimming spots
- 6campsites
Abisko turiststation, Björklidens Camping and 4 more
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 1marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 9viewpoints
Utsiktskullen, Lapporten view, Fågelkullen and 6 more
- 12hotels, B&Bs and chalets
STF Abisko Turiststation, Abisko Mountain Lodge, Pålnostugan, Hotell Fjället, Abisko Guesthouse and 7 more
- —fishing spots
- 5restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Bardufoss Airport (BDU), 73 km in a straight line.
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Recent years
How each month compared
Afternoon high on the shore. The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years below show the difference from it: warmer in orange, cooler in blue.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–2020 average | -9.9 | -9.1 | -6.2 | -1.7 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 5.4 | -1.6 | -5.8 | -7.9 |
| 2020 | +3.5 | +2.0 | +0.8 | −1.5 | −1.7 | −0.4 | −1.8 | −0.5 | −0.3 | +1.0 | +3.6 | −0.2 |
| 2021 | −2.5 | ±0.0 | +1.4 | −1.1 | −1.0 | +1.0 | +0.6 | −1.2 | −1.2 | +0.5 | −0.2 | −2.9 |
| 2022 | +2.5 | −0.6 | +3.5 | −1.1 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | −0.3 | +0.7 | ±0.0 | +2.0 | +1.2 | −1.8 |
| 2023 | +2.3 | +4.3 | −2.8 | +1.0 | −0.3 | +0.8 | +1.2 | +2.4 | +1.0 | −2.5 | −3.9 | −3.8 |
| 2024 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +1.8 | −1.2 | +1.2 | +5.0 | +2.5 | +2.9 | +1.7 | +1.1 | +2.6 | +0.3 |
| 2025 | +1.8 | +4.4 | +1.8 | −0.6 | −0.3 | −1.9 | +2.6 | +0.2 | +3.7 | +1.7 | −0.4 | +2.0 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Norway
FinlandAbout these numbers
| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|
| Water temperature and ice | LakeTEMP v1 (Korver et al. 2024), Landsat 8 2013–2021 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Air, rain, sun, wind | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · public domain |
| Names and description | Wikidata (Q215818) · CC0 |
| Around the shore | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
