Normally June is the month with least precipitation in Iceland, and snow is rare. In the week before midsummer, the temperature in the capital, Reykjavik, is not predicted to reach double figures before the weekend. Mr Sveinbjörnsson predicts a week of northerly winds, followed from midsummer’s day – 21 June – by warmer but wetter weather. He estimates a 60 per cent chance that the following week (28 June-5 July) will be cool across Iceland, Scandinavia and mainland Europe. Clive Stacey, founder of the Iceland specialist tour operator, Discover the World, said: “The weather in Iceland is unseasonably cold, but this is not especially unusual. However, July-September is usually much better.