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Sweden bathes in sultry summer sunshine

Saturday was the hottest day of the year so far in Sweden with temperatures sneaking above 32 degrees Celsius in parts.

Published: 4 July 2010 11:31 CEST
Sweden bathes in sultry summer sunshine

Large swathes of the country saw the thermometer hover around 30 degrees for much of the day.

“It’s good summer weather, that’s for sure,” said Peo Ganerlöv at meteorological agency SMHI.

A high for the day of 32.1 degrees was recorded both in Såtenäs in the south west and in Forse, 700 kilometres further north.

Eskilstuna experienced the warmest weather in the central region of Svealand with 31.2 degrees, while Lycksele led the way in northern Norrland with a top temperature of 27.2 degrees.

But Saturday’s balmy temperatures still lagged well behind the hottest July day ever recorded in Sweden, an honour held by Ultuna, 70 kilometres north of Stockholm, which sweltered in 38 degree heat in 1933.

Temperatures are forecast to reach 30 degrees again on Sunday before dropping to 20-25 degrees over the coming week. But the summery highs are expected to return again just in time for next weekend.

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Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Summer is finally here! Or least it is if you live in southern Norway, where a warm front coming up from Europe will bring t-shirt temperatures of 20C by Thursday, according to forecasts.

Published: 30 April 2024 08:42 CEST
Norway to get a taste of summer with 20C days this week

Warm air from southern Europe will combine with a high pressure zone which will bring clear skies and sunshine, with summery weather coming towards the end of the week, Norway’s national weather forecaster Yr has reported. 

“Thursday and Friday especially will be nice,” Ingrid Villa, a meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, told the public broadcaster NRK. “Then we will probably get temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius in some places.” 

Patches of 20C warmth are expected both in western Norway around Bergen and in Western Norway around Oslo, with the area around Tromsø expected to have slightly cooler weather, although Villa said that “it will absolutely be something like summer there too”. 

The warm sunny weather is, however, expected to pass northern Norway by, with grey overcast skies expected for much of this week. 

But if you think summer has come to Norway to stay, you risk disappointment as much cooler temperatures are expected next week.  

“There’s nothing unusual in getting an early taste of summer in April and the start of May, and then we can quickly go back to cooler more spring-like weather,” Villa said. 

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