There is 20 years of weather data over the Hammerfest area in Fishing: Barents Sea. When you start the game, that will be in 2017, it will be the same weather as it was in 1997 in Hammerfest, 20 years ago. Then as you play, you will experience this weather and it will change around 00:00 everyday.
Weatherdata is provided by The Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
Included are temperatures, percipitation, cloud cover, wind and visibility.
Wind factor also determines the height of the waves in ocean, where wind speeds up to 10 m/s is the highest.