According to Simo Laine, head horticulturalist at botanical garden in Turku, southwest Finland, it could well be the first time that the blooms have made an appearance in the country as early as January.
Powder on the ground is nearly one meter deep in some parts of Finland's northernmost region.
High winds blasted across south-western Finland Friday, cutting electricity to customers. The rare June storm peaked on Friday afternoon.
Helsinki usually gets 70-80 millimetres of rain during August. Friday morning alone brought 56 mm of water to Kaisaniemi Park, where the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) has a weather station.
Record wind speeds have been clocked in southern maritime districts as a storm dubbed Aapeli causes widespread power cuts and train delays across Finland.
The mercury hit 16.6 degrees C at Mariehamn airport on Friday, beating Tuesday’s record-breaking high of 14.7 C in Pori.
Rain and rising temperatures have brought warnings of extremely slippery conditions in other areas.
Gusty winds and precipitation began pounding Finland from the southwest on Wednesday morning.
Trees across the region were torn down by the stormy gusts, falling on houses, cars and power lines.
Train service between Hämeenlinna and Toijala was halted by a fallen tree, while some 13,000 households lost power.
There are unusually low numbers of mosquitoes throughout Finland this sweltering summer – and likely fewer than usual next year as well.
The northwest coastal city of Oulu was one of several that had over 30-degree Celsius temperatures on Friday.
More than 40,000 households faced blackouts overnight.
The Central Finland town of Jyväskylä has had a sum total of 4.5 hours of sunshine so far in November.
A high of 14.7 degrees Celsius was measured in the southwestern city of Pori on Monday night.
In Northern Ostrobothnia the floods are rising faster, and local emergency services have elicited the help of the military as a precaution, in case some of the ice dams in the riverland should need to be detonated.
Conditions will heat up with every passing day and weekend highs will be in the 20s across the country.
Mild, wet weather has raised water levels in rivers and lakes around the country.
The Finnish researcher says the source of southern Finland's unusually slippery roads and messy snow this winter is very likely due to warm air from the sea.
Finland is continuing to heat up this summer - and nearing the all-time heat record for June.
All Topics
All Countries
Any Date
Apply