First snow of the season falls in northwest Finland
The wait for the first snow was unusually long this year, following the third-warmest September on record. The village of
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Kilpisjärvi
Finnish Lapland hit by 30-year autumn warm spell
Temperatures reached a high of 11.2 degrees Celsius in Kilpisjärvi on Friday, compared to a high of -1.7 degrees on
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Finnish Lapland sees season’s first snow cover
Overnight precipitation in Lapland brought three centimetres of snow to Kilpisjärvi in Enontekiö. Other parts of the far northwest of
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Warnings in Lapland after fatal avalanche in Sweden
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) warns that the avalanche risk in four fell areas of Finnish Lapland is considerable at
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Winter finally over in northern Finland? Last of the Kilpisjärvi ice expected to melt this week
It might not be the warmest summer on record, but Finland is set to finally see the end of the
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