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Sweden emerges from weekend chill

Temperatures dropped to below -30 degrees Celsius in parts of northern Sweden at the weekend, as the country experienced its coldest weather of the winter so far.

Published: 5 January 2009 08:28 CET
Sweden emerges from weekend chill

Thermal underwear was a must in Gielas in the mountains near Vilhelmina on Saturday night, with the temperature plunging to -35.4 degrees. Sunday night was a little milder as meteorological agency SMHI’s thermometer noted -32 degrees in Vilhelmina.

Southern parts of the country also felt a decided nip in the air as temperatures fell to -20 degrees on Sunday night.

Weather experts expected somwhat milder weather on Tuesday with the dial creeping above zero in the south. But sub-zero temperatures are forecast to return to all parts of the country on Wednesday.

A high pressure belt with southwesterly winds is predicted to bring milder weather for the coming weekend.

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Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

Blizzards in Denmark this week have resulted in the greatest depth of snow measured in the country for 13 years.

Published: 4 January 2024 14:18 CET
Denmark records deepest snow level for 13 years

A half-metre of snow, measured at Hald near East Jutland town Randers, is the deepest to have occurred in Denmark since January 2011, national meteorological agency DMI said.

The measurement was taken by the weather agency at 8am on Thursday.

Around 20-30 centimetres of snow was on the ground across most of northern and eastern Jutland by Thursday, as blizzards peaked resulting in significant disruptions to traffic and transport.

A much greater volume of snow fell in 2011, however, when over 100 centimetres fell on Baltic Sea island Bornholm during a post-Christmas blizzard, which saw as much as 135 centimetres on Bornholm at the end of December 2010.

READ ALSO: Denmark’s January storms could be fourth extreme weather event in three months

With snowfall at its heaviest for over a decade, Wednesday saw a new rainfall record. The 59 millimetres which fell at Svendborg on the island of Funen was the most for a January day in Denmark since 1886. Some 9 weather stations across Funen and Bornholm measured over 50cm of rain.

DMI said that the severe weather now looks to have peaked.

“We do not expect any more weather records to be set in the next 24 hours. But we are looking at some very cold upcoming days,” DMI meteorologist and press spokesperson Herdis Damberg told news wire Ritzau.

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