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Tuesday December 24, 2024

Season lowest -38.2 °C temperature recorded in Lapland

The massive snowfall and cold wave, which started on Friday night continued across the country on Sunday and the temperature fell further in the Finnish Lapland. The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) recorded the lowest temperature in this season minus 38.2 degrees Celsius at Savukoski, a municipality in Lapland late

Published: 02:00 am,Wednesday 11 December 2024

November 2024 marks 2nd hottest November in record: NASA

November 2024 marks the second-hottest November in record, according to NASA updates on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. This November was 1.31 degrees Celcius above the long-term 1951-1980 average, according to the monthly surface temperature analysis by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The above-average temperatures continue a long-term warming

Published: 02:10 am,Friday 6 December 2024

Finland sees record warmest autumn in 90 years

This autumn (September–November) was unusually or exceptionally warm almost throughout the whole country, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). For example, Rankki in Kotka recorded the warmest autumn of its observation history of over 90 years, said FMI in a press release on Thursday. ‘The average autumn temperature in

Published: 19:44 pm,Tuesday 26 November 2024

Melting snow, rain flood different parts in Finland

Heavy rain and melting snow, combined with unusually warm weather in late fall, have caused severe flooding in Finland, leading to the temporary closure of a major highway on Tuesday, reported Xinhua, quoting national broadcaster Yle. The National Highway 3, which connects northern and southern Finland, was closed near

Published: 23:59 pm,Wednesday 20 November 2024

Snowstorm disrupts power supply, transport services in Southern Finland

A snowstorm hit the southern part of Finland on Wednesday disrupting power supply and transport services. The southern region and adjacent areas experienced five centimetres to 15 centimetres wet snow while the snowstorm disrupted power supply and rail, road and air services, according to Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), power

Published: 23:26 pm,Tuesday 5 November 2024

Finland sees unusually warm October

October was unusually warm throughout the whole country and exceptionally warm in some places, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). Average temperatures for the month varied between approximately 0 degrees in Enontekiö and 10 degrees in the Southwest Archipelago. October was between 1 and 2.5 degrees warmer throughout the

Published: 00:28 am,Sunday 27 October 2024

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: 23:34 pm,Friday 11 October 2024

Finland sees record high temperature in September

The average temperature in September was record-high everywhere in Finland, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The average temperature of the month was 12.2 degrees, which shares the record with last year’s September, said the FMI in a press release on Friday. “It is unprecedented that the average temperature

Published: 23:20 pm,Tuesday 8 October 2024

2nd warmest September for Europe, the globe

The past month was the second-warmest September on record globally and in Europe, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Tuesday, reported Xinhua. "September 2024 was the second-warmest September globally, after September 2023," the agency said in a press release, adding that the average surface air temperature was

Published: 15:47 pm,Thursday 5 September 2024

Finland sees more hot days than average in August

There were 13 hot days in the whole country in August, which is four days more than the average, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The average temperature for August varied between 14 and 16.5 degrees Celsius in the northern part of the country and between 15.5 and

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