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Það var mjög kaldur vindur í febrúar og mars.

Það var mjög kaldur vindur í febrúar og mars.
There was a very cold wind in February and March.
From Lesson 118:The twelve months of the year·Icelandic

Questions & Answers about Það var mjög kaldur vindur í febrúar og mars.

Why are febrúar and mars written with lowercase letters?
Unlike in English, the names of the months are not capitalized in Icelandic unless they are the first word of a sentence. This rule also applies to days of the week and seasons.
What case does the preposition í trigger for the months in this sentence?
When talking about when something happens in time, the preposition í takes the dative case. However, month names like febrúar and mars do not change their endings in the accusative or dative, so they look exactly the same as their nominative dictionary forms.
Why do we use kaldur instead of kalt?
When talking about general weather, you often use the neuter form, like in the phrase það er kalt (it is cold). But here, the adjective directly describes the noun vindur (wind). Because vindur is a masculine noun, the adjective must match it and take the masculine form kaldur.
Why does the sentence start with Það var to mean "There was"?
Icelandic uses það (it) as a "dummy" subject to introduce a situation or state that something exists, similar to how English uses the word "there". So, while Það var literally means "It was", in this structure it translates perfectly to "There was".

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