Warm summer days lasted all August along the coast to the Barents Sea, from Hammerfest in the west to Kirkenes in the east. The latter is now experiencing the warm weather to last into September with several days reaching maximum temperatures up to 20 degrees Celsius (68 F).
Kirkenes had a record warm moon and Kongsberg has had more than twice as much accumulation as they usually do in January.
Lapland was Finland's hottest region on Monday with a measuring station in the village of Utsjoki recording 33.5 degrees celsius. A high-pressure front dominating Central and Eastern Europe is behind the drought and high temperature readings.
The warmest November in over 100 years has had unusual consequences in Finnmark. The video shows the third breakup this autumn.
Some species have experienced a much greater decline than average. For the snowflake in Scandinavia there is talk of approx. 35 percent, patchwork 25 percent.
After frost comes spring, but when it happens in mid-November plants get confused. That is not good news.
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