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Monday June 01, 2026

Sunny warmer weather forecast across Finland

Finland will experience sunny and warmer weather from Monday, said the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) in a bulletin on Sunday. The temperature will rise in between 17 degrees Celsius and 23 degrees Celsius and sky will remain clear. The Met office, however, said that frost may also occur in some

Published: 19:55 pm,Saturday 16 May 2026

Round-the-clock sun rises at Utsjoki

The midnight sun rose on Saturday in Utsjoki, the northernmost municipality of the country, which will not dip down below the horizon until late July. People of the locality started to witness the “nightless nights”, the time of the year when the sun circles the sky, not setting at

Published: 00:39 am,Sunday 17 May 2026

Climate warming reduces oxygen in global rivers: study

A new study has found that climate warming is driving a widespread and sustained loss of oxygen in rivers around the world, putting freshwater ecosystems at risk, reported Xinhua. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, was conducted by a research team led by researchers from the

Published: 20:18 pm,Tuesday 5 May 2026

Finland sees warmer April than usual

April was largely warmer than usual, and in the central and northern parts of the country, it was unusually warm in many places, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). The temperature deviation from the average for 1991–2020 was 0.5 to 2 degrees Celsius in the southern and western

Published: 03:46 am,Thursday 30 April 2026

Finland warming faster than global average, rate doubles in 25 years: FMI

Finland's climate has warmed faster than the global average in recent decades, with the rate of warming more than doubling over the past 25 years, the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) said on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. According to the institute's nationwide observational data, Finland has warmed by about 0.5 degrees

Published: 04:23 am,Sunday 12 April 2026

Global glaciers see record losses in 2025: study

Earth's glaciers lost about 408 gigatonnes of ice in 2025, contributing roughly 1.1 millimeters to global sea-level rise, an international study reveals, reported Xinhua. The World Glacier Monitoring Service study involving an Australian scientist found that 2025 was the sixth-worst year for glacier loss since records began in

Published: 20:45 pm,Tuesday 7 April 2026

Finland sees record warmest average temperature in March

The average temperature in March was record-high across almost the entire country, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI). Nearly every observation station of the FMI recorded a new record of the average temperature in March, said an official press release on Tuesday. At most marine observation stations, the month

Published: 22:51 pm,Saturday 28 March 2026

Clock advances 1 hour as summer time begins Sunday

Summer time will start early Sunday when the clock will advance by one hour at 3:00 o’clock. In February 2026, Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apóstolos Tzitzikostas launched a study to examine the effects of changing the clocks across the EU. The work is to be completed by

Published: 22:38 pm,Wednesday 4 March 2026

Rising river temperatures challenge fish survival

Finland’s rivers are getting warmer, with heatwaves becoming more frequent and more intense, according to a recent study by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Any of the fish populations are becoming stressed by the high temperatures, which directly impact the metabolic rate of individuals and leads to an increasing

Published: 00:53 am,Thursday 26 February 2026

Finland logs 2nd warmest year on record in 2025

Finland recorded its second warmest year on record in 2025, with temperatures across most of the country only slightly below the record set in 2020, the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) said in its annual climate report released on Wednesday, reported Xinhua. The nationwide annual mean temperature was 4.5 degrees

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