After icy record last week – Kvikkjokk is now Sweden’s warmest place
- Kvikkjokk was the coldest place in Sweden last Wednesday at with a temperature reaching as low as – 43.6 degrees Celsius.
- But warm northwesterly winds have since brought a complete reversal.
- Last night, Kvikkjokk in the northern mountains was the warmest place in Sweden at +0.9 degrees Celsius.
Feature Interview with Heather Exner-Pirot
For more on the yo-yo-ing weather in Kvikkjokk, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
Related stories from around the Norh :
Canada: Hot and dry July saw temperature records topple in the Yukon, CBC News
Finland : Record average September temperatures stretch into Northern Finland, Eye on the Arctic
Greenland: Alarming, above-average ice loss in Greenland due to rising temperatures, Eye on the Arctic
Norway: Polar heat record. July average above 10°C, The Independent Barents Observer
