September was as warm as last year’s record September.
Pete Anikari
The average temperature at the end of September was record high in Finland, says the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
The average temperature of the entire country was 12.2 degrees, which was the same as in September last year. September was about 2–4 degrees warmer compared to the comparison period 1991–2020.
– It is unheard of that the average temperature in Finland is record high in the same month in consecutive years, Meteorological Institute meteorologist Pauli Jokinen comment.
According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the probability of such a warm September in the current climate is about 23 times compared to a situation where there would be no climate change.
It was record warm in September at the measuring stations in the eastern and northern parts of the country.
September was also a record-breaking month, as eight hot days were measured during the month. It was a new record for hot days in September.
The highest temperature in September was 28.0 degrees on September 5. Kaarina’s Yltöini and Turku Airport. It was the highest reading measured in September since 1968.
The lowest reading of the month, -9.8 degrees, was measured in Sodankylä Vuotso on September 23.
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