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Wednesday February 18, 2026

Lapland sees coldest January in 40 years

Finland experienced a colder January than usual this year all over the country, said the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in a press release on Monday. Lapland, the northern region of the country was unusually cold and it was coldest January since 1987. The average temperature for the month ranged from

Published: 01:05 am,Thursday 15 January 2026

WMO confirms 2025 one of warmest years on record

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed on Wednesday that 2025 was among the three warmest years on record, extending a streak of exceptionally high global temperatures, reported Xinhua. The global average surface temperature in 2025 was 1.44 degrees Celsius above the 1850-1900 average, according to the WMO's consolidated

Published: 20:19 pm,Friday 9 January 2026

Season lowest -42.8 °C temperature recorded in Lapland

The severe cold wave continued across Finland and the temperature fell further on Friday, said Finnish weather forecasting company Foreca. The Met Office recorded the lowest temperature of this winter minus 42.8 degrees Celsius at Savukoski, a municipality in Lapland on Friday morning and temperatures at five observation centres

Published: 22:13 pm,Monday 5 January 2026

Mercury drops to -39.9°C at Savukoski as cold wave continues

The severe cold wave and snow fall, which started on new year eve continued across Finland and the temperature fell further on Monday, said Finnish weather forecasting company Foreca. The Met Office recorded the lowest temperature of this winter minus 39.9 degrees Celsius at Savukoski, a municipality in Lapland

Published: 01:29 am,Saturday 3 January 2026

2025 marked 2nd ever warmest year in Finland

Last year was the second ever warmest year in Finland, said the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in a press release on Friday. The average temperature was 4.5 degrees Celsius in the whole country in 2025, which is 1.6 degrees Celsius higher than the long-term average for the years 1991-2020.

Published: 01:33 am,Tuesday 30 December 2025

Winter storm grounds flights, strands hundreds in Lapland

A winter storm disrupted travel in Finland's northern region of Lapland over the weekend, stranding hundreds of passengers and forcing emergency arrangements at airports as flight cancellations and delays extended into Monday, reported Xinhua. Finavia, Finland's state-owned airport operator, said about 20 flights to and from Rovaniemi, the regional

Published: 01:13 am,Sunday 28 December 2025

Power outage at many households as storm blows over Finland

A strong winter storm named Hannes blew over Finland, particularly in western and northern parts on Saturday afternoon leaving thousands of households without power supply, local media reported. Power supply at about 14,000 households in western Finland were disrupted by Saturday afternoon after trees fell on the electricity lines due

Published: 00:45 am,Saturday 27 December 2025

Strong wind forecast as low pressure over sea intensifies

Very strong wind is likely to blow over the South-western part of the country on Saturday afternoon as a well-marked low pressure, created over the southern Bothnian Sea, intensified further, said the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in a release on Thursday. The strong wind will particularly affect the maritime

Published: 02:21 am,Wednesday 17 December 2025

Arctic sees warmest year on record since 1900

Surface air temperatures across the Arctic from October 2024 through September 2025 were the warmest on record since 1900, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), reported Xinhua. Autumn 2024 and winter 2025 were especially warm across the Arctic,

Published: 02:43 am,Friday 5 December 2025

WMO forecasts weak La Nina in coming months

There is a 55 percent chance of a weak La Nina impacting global weather and climate patterns during the next three months, according to the latest updates from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday, reported Xinhua. La Nina refers to the periodic large-scale cooling of the surface temperatures

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