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Storbreen (Storbrean) is situated in the Jotunheimen mountain massif in central southern Norway. The glacier has relatively well-defined borders and is surrounded by high peaks. Mass balance has been measured since 1949, length change since 1902.

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1902 - 2025
Year Front variation (m) Cumulative front variation (m)
1902 0 Start
1904 -27 -27
1905 -7 -34
1906 -22 -56
1907 9 -47
1909 -17 -64
1910 12 -52
1911 -35 -87
1912 -10 -97
1919 -59 -156
1933 -66 -222
1934 -23 -245
1935 -15 -260
1936 -42 -302
1937 -26 -328
1938 -44 -372
1939 -23 -395
1941 -43 -438
1942 -5 -443
1943 -1 -444
1944 -14 -458
1945 -18 -476
1946 -43 -519
1947 -25 -544
1948 -60 -604
1949 -13 -617
1950 -36 -653
1951 -16 -669
1952 -9 -678
1953 -20 -698
1954 -18 -716
1955 -13 -729
1956 -15 -744
1957 -20 -764
1959 -40 -804
1960 -20 -824
1961 -25 -849
1962 -5 -854
1963 -20 -874
1964 -11 -885
1965 -8 -893
1966 -6 -899
1967 -5 -904
1968 -8 -912
1969 -14 -926
1970 -18 -944
1971 -14 -958
1972 -10 -968
1973 -5 -973
1974 -5 -978
1975 -8 -986
1976 -10 -996
1977 -8 -1004
1979 -6 -1010
1980 -10 -1020
1984 -10 -1030
1985 -5 -1035
1987 -2 -1037
1988 -13 -1050
1989 10 -1040
1990 3 -1037
1994 -1 -1038
1995 0 -1038
1996 -7 -1045
1997 3 -1042
1998 -7 -1049
1999 1 -1048
2001 -12 -1060
2003 -19 -1079
2004 -5 -1084
2006 -16 -1100
2007 -1 -1101
2008 -7 -1108
2009 -5 -1113
2010 -14 -1127
2011 -5 -1132
2013 -17 -1149
2014 -13 -1162
2016 -12 -1174
2017 -6 -1180
2018 -28 -1208
2019 -4 -1212
2020 -7 -1219
2021 -24 -1243
2022 -18 -1261
2023 -15 -1276
2024 -26 -1302
2025 -18 -1320
1949 - 2024
Year Winter balance (m.w.e.) Summer balance (m.w.e.) Annual balance (m.w.e.)
1949  2.28 -2.08  0.20
1950  1.52 -1.81 -0.29
1951  1.13 -1.67 -0.54
1952  1.44 -1.13  0.31
1953  1.40 -2.25 -0.85
1954  1.21 -1.98 -0.77
1955  1.57 -2.06 -0.49
1956  1.31 -1.48 -0.17
1957  1.42 -1.37  0.05
1958  1.54 -1.62 -0.08
1959  1.07 -2.35 -1.28
1960  0.98 -2.07 -1.09
1961  1.10 -1.62 -0.52
1962  1.54 -0.82  0.72
1963  0.96 -2.14 -1.18
1964  1.16 -0.95  0.21
1965  1.54 -1.20  0.34
1966  1.25 -1.86 -0.61
1967  1.89 -1.17  0.72
1968  1.64 -1.59  0.05
1969  1.22 -2.64 -1.42
1970  0.97 -1.69 -0.72
1971  1.46 -1.28  0.18
1972  1.39 -1.70 -0.31
1973  1.48 -1.40  0.08
1974  1.26 -1.02  0.24
1975  1.55 -1.70 -0.15
1976  1.81 -1.90 -0.09
1977  0.94 -1.48 -0.54
1978  1.26 -1.70 -0.44
1979  1.55 -1.45  0.10
1980  0.99 -2.30 -1.31
1981  1.30 -1.40 -0.10
1982  1.28 -1.75 -0.47
1983  1.90 -1.70  0.20
1984  1.70 -2.00 -0.30
1985  1.20 -1.60 -0.40
1986  1.05 -1.37 -0.32
1987  1.55 -1.23  0.32
1988  1.45 -2.40 -0.95
1989  2.30 -1.10  1.20
1990  2.60 -1.34  1.25
1991  1.28 -1.35 -0.07
1992  1.62 -1.49  0.13
1993  1.82 -1.01  0.81
1994  1.53 -1.74 -0.21
1995  1.79 -1.89 -0.10
1996  0.83 -1.80 -0.97
1997  1.77 -2.74 -0.96
1998  1.55 -1.33  0.22
1999  1.67 -1.90 -0.24
2000  2.04 -1.49  0.55
2001  1.04 -1.32 -0.28
2002  1.09 -2.87 -1.79
2003  1.07 -2.78 -1.72
2004  0.97 -1.71 -0.74
2005  1.77 -2.04 -0.23
2006  0.81 -3.08 -2.27
2007  1.30 -1.81 -0.51
2008  1.90 -2.01 -0.10
2009  1.60 -1.83 -0.22
2010  0.79 -2.55 -1.76
2011  0.99 -2.57 -1.58
2012  1.68 -1.62  0.06
2013  1.31 -2.47 -1.16
2014  1.57 -2.74 -1.17
2015  1.52 -1.03  0.49
2016  1.10 -1.91 -0.80
2017  1.17 -1.69 -0.52
2018  1.27 -3.24 -1.97
2019  1.02 -2.54 -1.52
2020  1.93 -1.98 -0.05
2021  1.37 -3.04 -1.67
2022  1.35 -2.03 -0.68
2023  1.42 -2.37 -0.94
2024  1.44 -2.68 -1.24