July was exceptionally warm in Finnish Lapland – 2024-08-08 07:50:24

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July was warmer than usual throughout the country, says the Finnish Meteorological Institute. In northern and central Lapland it was even rarely or exceptionally warm.

There were also more hot days in July than average: a total of 20 days. Heat refers to a temperature that rises above 25 degrees. The most hot days were recorded on Utsjoki at the Kevo observation station: 14.

According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, there have also been a rare or exceptionally high number of hot days in Lapland.

Branch manager Hannele Korhonen says that the increasing and lengthening of hot periods is one of the known consequences of climate change, but also points out that there can be large differences between different summers due to natural variability.

“The two warmest days in the history of measurements”

Last July, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, were the two warmest days in the history of measurements, when the daily global average temperature reached 17.16 degrees and 17.15 degrees on July 22 and 23.

According to the Copernicus climate service, the average temperature in July was 16.91 degrees worldwide. This was only 0.04 degrees less than in June 2023, which was the hottest average temperature on record. At the same time, a 13-month period of consecutive heat records ended.