https://electroverse.substack.com/p/scandinavia-breaches-40c-rare-snowScandinavia is in the grip of its sharpest January cold in years.
In Trøndelag, Norway, the past several days have seen the lowest January temperatures in 16 years, since the historic winter of 2010.
Multiple stations have neared -30C, including Gartland at -29.9C (-21.8F), Snasa-Kjevlia at -29.7C (-21.5F), Namsskogan at -28.6C (-19.5F), and Meraker-Vardetun at -27C (-16.6F) — all severe values for central Norway.
Looking east, the cold has intensified into Finland.
On Jan 8, Savukoski Tulppio tanked to -41.5C (-42.7F), the lowest temperature recorded so far this season anywhere in Fennoscandia (a geographic region covering Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of NW Russia).
While not an all-time record for the region, it is still a remarkable value. The spatial extent of the cold also impresses, with practically all of northern Finland, rather than just a single valley or cold hollow, shivering between -35C and -40C (-31F to -40F):
This is not an isolated overnight dip but part of a broader, sustained Arctic air mass entrenched across much of Europe.
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January 10, 2024, 07:41:35 PM