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Finnish Meteorological Institute

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Brr! Winter low drops to -40C in Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 11:32
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Daytime temperatures in Finland on Tuesday range from -10C in the south to -30C in Finnish Lapland. This winter’s lowest

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

2024 was exceptionally warm in Finland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 10:57 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 15:23
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Finland had a warmer than usual year in 2024, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The nationwide average temperature

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

Finland set for New Year’s freeze

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 30, 2024 at 15:57
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After a relatively mild Christmas week, temperatures are expected to be well below freezing across Finland on Tuesday, New Year’s

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Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

Lapland sees lowest temperatures so far this autumn

Yle News
Posted: Friday, November 29, 2024 at 16:19
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The mercury dropped to -27.3 degrees Celsius at the Tulppio observation station in Savukoski on Thursday, marking the coldest temperature

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Finland’s roads remain hazardous following first winter storm, including Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, November 22, 2024 at 14:11
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The Finnish Meteorological Institute has issued warnings of bad or very bad driving conditions throughout the day on Friday. The

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Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

Finnish Lapland sees season’s first snow cover

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 08:50
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Overnight precipitation in Lapland brought three centimetres of snow to Kilpisjärvi in Enontekiö. Other parts of the far northwest of

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Hotter summers set Lapland ablaze

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 10:17
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By Matthew Schilke This season, blazes in the Inari region have nearly doubled. Experts say future fire seasons will be

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

FMI: Finland sees “exceptionally warm” July as global temperatures hit record highs

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 11:22
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Temperatures in Finland during July were higher than normal, with central and northern parts of the country “exceptionally warm”, according

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

Spring temps to continue defrosting Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 09:31 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 10:01
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Yle’s weather forecast anticipates that Tuesday’s warm weather will continue on Wednesday in many areas, particularly in the south-east —

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

Finland’s temperatures 2-3 degrees warmer than usual in February

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 12:09
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February was milder than usual across Finland, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The biggest deviations from average temperatures

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Environment Environment (Finland) 

Finland sees “exceptionally” mild January

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 11:17 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 2, 2023 at 11:18
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The month of January was unusually and exceptionally mild in many parts of Finland, according to data published by the

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Season’s coldest temperature recorded in Lapland Monday morning

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 21, 2022 at 10:52
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Driving conditions are very bad across the Uusimaa region in southern Finland on Monday, due to heavy snowfall, according to

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Arctic warming twice as fast as previously thought, says Finnish study

Yle News
Posted: Friday, August 12, 2022 at 09:09
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The results of the study suggest that the Arctic region is more vulnerable to global warming than has previously been

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Heatwave across northern Scandinavia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 09:06
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Temperatures surpassed 30 degrees Celsius across northern Scandinavia on Wednesday and many metrological stations hit new record high temperatures for

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Cold snap in Finland loosening its grip up to southern Lapland

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 11:58
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Current bone-chilling conditions are expected to ease next week with temperatures above freezing all the way up into southern Lapland.

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