The average temperature of the three summer months, June, July and August, in Reykjavík this year was 12.2°C (54°F), which makes this the warmest summer in the capital since temperatures were first recorded in 1871, according to meteorologist Trausti Jónsson. Two summers come close to being as warm with only a difference of 0.1°C, 2008 and 1939, Morgunbladid reports. Record heat was also measured in Stykkishólmur in the west and the Westman Islands south of Iceland this summer with average temperatures of 11.5°C (52.7°F) and 10.9°C (51.6°F), respectively. It has also been sunny; in Reykjavík there were 83 more sunny hours in June through August than during an average summer, although it is not a record. In Akureyri sunny hours passed those of an average summer by 22.