No end in sight for Helsinki’s record, month-long drought
The Finnish capital Helsinki has had no rain for 30 days, a record-breaking dry spell for the Kaisaniemi weather station.
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Norway’s Arctic islands crush May heat records
It was 6,0°C above normal in Longyarbyen (Svalbard) which concluded its 90th month in a row with above normal temperatures.
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Finnish forest fire sparked by sunbeam through bottle in bone-dry weather
The recent weeks of dry, sunny weather have caused brush and forest fires to spark across Finland. On Tuesday fire
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Northern Finland to cool down over the weekend
Cooler air is streaming into Finland from the north on Wednesday and Thursday. Conditions will be windy especially up north,
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Finland’s May heat streak longest in 34 years
The month of May has proven to be one for Finland’s history books, as meteorologists have so far recorded 13
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Northern Finland enjoying warm weather
Meteorologists have been saying that the month of May, which will comes to a close at the end of this
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Finland’s last snow melts a month earlier than usual
The Finnish Meteorological Institute reports that it expects the last snow in Finland to melt on Sunday. Measurement stations throughout
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Finland hit by worst birch pollen season in years
One-fifth of Finland’s residents suffer from some form of pollen allergy, but birch pollen levels were so high on Wednesday
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Heatwave sparks fears of wildfires in large parts of Sweden
It’s only mid-May but the mini heatwave has left large areas of Sweden bone-dry, leading to firefighters issuing a ban on public fires
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Swedish rivers overflow as heatwave melts northern snow
Skies are beautiful and sunny throughout much of the country, but the warmth has brought a problem: flooding, after all
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Northern Finland braces for worst spring floods in decades
The Finnish regions of Lapland (north) and Saimaa (southeast) are likely to see flooding in the coming weeks, as warm
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Ice-Blog – While Arctic melts, sweltering Germany hosts UN climate talks
It’s been a scorcher of a week here in Bonn, Germany. Delegates to the UNFCCC climate talks (one of the interim meetings
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Finnish Lapland to bask in warmer, sunnier weather
A weak high pressure front has arrived in Finland, causing temperatures to rise to over 20 degrees Celsius in western
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Sunny skies, temperatures above 10 degrees ahead for northern Finland
According to Yle meteorologist Toni Hellinen, this coming Sunday is forecast to be sunny over most of the country with
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Finland’s roads crumble after worst thaw in 20 years
Motorists are being warned of increasingly poor driving conditions, especially on secondary roads, in areas from the south coast up
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