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Sunday December 21, 2025

Arctic sees warmest year on record since 1900

Surface air temperatures across the Arctic from October 2024 through September 2025 were the warmest on record since 1900, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), reported Xinhua. Autumn 2024 and winter 2025 were especially warm across the Arctic,

Published: 02:43 am,Friday 5 December 2025

WMO forecasts weak La Nina in coming months

There is a 55 percent chance of a weak La Nina impacting global weather and climate patterns during the next three months, according to the latest updates from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday, reported Xinhua. La Nina refers to the periodic large-scale cooling of the surface temperatures

Published: 00:08 am,Thursday 4 December 2025

Finland sees unusually warm autumn excepting Lapland

This autumn (September–November) was unusually or exceptionally warm almost throughout the whole country, with the exception of Lapland, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). Many observation stations reported this as the second-warmest autumn on record. For example, this was the case at Jokioinen and Maaninka, in Kuopio, which

Published: 22:04 pm,Tuesday 25 November 2025

Polar night begins in Northern Finland

The polar night ((endless night) has begun at Nuorgam, the northernmost village in Utsjoki in Finland on Tuesday afternoon. The sun set at 12:28pm in Utsjoki and little bit earlier at Nuorgam. According to Finnish weather forecasting company Foreca, it will not rise at Nuorgam for about seven weeks.

Published: 22:26 pm,Sunday 16 November 2025

Colder week forecast as mercury drops to minus 28.3 °C in Lapland

Temperature fell down in most parts of Finland during the weekend and the country is likely to experience colder weather from Monday, Finnish weather forecasting company Foreca said late Sunday night. Country´s lowest temperature minus 28.3 degrees Celsius was recorded at Tulppio in Savukoski, a municipality under Lapland region

Published: 23:24 pm,Sunday 2 November 2025

Finland sees warmer October than usual

October was warmer than usual throughout the country and even the northern part of the country was unusually warm, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The average temperature in October ranged between 1.5 degrees Celsius in Enontekiö in the far northwest to about 10 degrees in the southwestern

Published: 19:09 pm,Saturday 25 October 2025

Clock goes back 1 hour as winter time begins Sunday

The winter time will start early Sunday when the clock will turn back by an hour at 4.00am. Although the European Parliament in spring 2019 voted on European Commission's proposal that all EU Member States stop adjusting the clocks for daylight saving, the initial target schedule for the proposal

Published: 21:26 pm,Monday 6 October 2025

Finland sees 3rd highest average temperature in September

The average temperature of September was the third warmest all over Finland in measurement history of the country, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The average temperature was 11.9 degrees Celsius in September, which was some tenths of a degree lower than the record-high years of 2023 and

Published: 21:04 pm,Wednesday 3 September 2025

Lapland sees warmer August than usual

The average temperature in August varied between 12 and 17 degrees Celsius at most observation stations in Finland, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). In Lapland, August was warmer than usual, but in other parts of the country, the average temperature for the month was normal or lower

Published: 02:55 am,Saturday 9 August 2025

Extreme heat taking toll on people worldwide: WMO

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that extreme heat is impacting millions of people around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the problem, highlighting the importance of early warning and heat-health action plans, reported Xinhua. WMO issued a bulletin on Thursday, stating that data

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