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Wednesday January 29, 2025

Polar night ends in Finland as Utsjoki sees sunrise

The polar night ((endless night) ended at Nuorgam, the northernmost village in Utsjoki, Finland on Friday after about two months. The sunrise took place at 11:56 am and set at 12:56 pm, according to Finnish weather forecasting company Foreca. The duration of the first day was one hour. The polar night

Published: 01:52 am,Wednesday 15 January 2025

NASA confirms 2024 warmest year on record

Earth's average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis led by NASA scientists, reported Xinhua. Global temperatures in 2024 were 1.28 degrees Celsius above the agency's 20th-century baseline (1951-1980). The new record comes after 15 consecutive months (June 2023 through August 2024)

Published: 04:37 am,Sunday 12 January 2025

2024 marked by exceptional rainfall, flooding: study

The year 2024 witnessed a number of new records for extreme weather, most prominently characterized by torrential rains and floods that swept across the globe, according to Chinese and foreign meteorologists, reported Xinhua. In a paper published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences on Saturday, an international

Published: 04:41 am,Friday 10 January 2025

Finland sees warmer 2024 than usual

Although last year began with colder weather than usual, from May onwards the remainder of the year was warmer than the normal, said Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) on Thursday. The average temperature for the whole country was 4.0 degrees Celsius, which is 1.1 degrees more than the long-term average

Published: 23:58 pm,Wednesday 8 January 2025

Geomagnetic storm 1st in smartphone era

In 2024, solar activity was near the maximum of its 11-year cycle. As a consequence, exceptionally magnificent auroras were seen this year all the way to central Europe, and even further south, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The 10 May geomagnetic storm was the first extreme space

Published: 22:54 pm,Monday 6 January 2025

Europe grapples with extreme weather, travel disrupted

Europe is grappling with a powerful wave of extreme winter weather, including heavy snow, sleet, and storms, which has disrupted transportation and infrastructure across the continent, leaving travelers stranded and local communities struggling to manage the chaos, reported Xinhua. In Germany, the winter weather caused significant disturbances to air

Published: 05:13 am,Monday 6 January 2025

Rising global temperatures driving water cycle extremes

Record-breaking temperatures in 2024 drove extremes in the global water cycle, contributing to major flooding and droughts, Australian-led international research has found, reported Xinhua. The 2024 Global Water Monitor Report, which was published on Monday by a team of international researchers led by Albert van Dijk from Australian

Published: 21:40 pm,Sunday 15 December 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

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