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Iceland is warmer than Britain and the rest of Europe mainly, because it's in the direct path of the jet stream. Britain and Europe is bypassed, because they're large landmasses. the ocean current from the North and Baltic seas and also the Arctic Ocean cool Britain and France. Iceland is particularly small, so the jet stream can't avoid it.

The jet stream brings warm air from the Caribbean and other equatorial regions all the way to the Arctic Ocean.

Iceland also has extreme underground geothermal activity. As it is widely known, Iceland's energy is largely supplemented by geothermal vents on the actual landmass. That also has a small, yet adverse affect on the climate of Iceland.

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