Dozens Of Preliminary All-Time Highs Set Across Scandinavian Arctic As Region Burns
Temperatures soared into the nineties Fahrenheit north of the Arctic Circle on Tuesday and Wednesday, as 2018’s parade of exceptional heat continued marching across the Northern Hemisphere. This week has been northern Scandinavia’s turn under the sizzling klieg lights, including Lapland (Sápmi), the region of northern Scandinavia famed for its reindeer and often associated with Christmas. In contrast to that wintry reputation, Sweden is now grappling with an onslaught of wildfires unprecedented in modern times, as reported by weather.com.
Here’s a sampling of the preliminary all-time highs set in Scandinavia on Tuesday.
FINLAND
Kilpisjärvi: 28.3°C (82.5°F)
Kittila Pokka: 30.2°C (86.4°F)
Salla: 31.5 (88.7°F)
Sodankylä: 31.8°C (89.2°F)
Rovaniemi (capital of the Finnish province of Lapland): 32.2°C (90.0°F)
NORWAY
Sihcajavri: 29.2°C (84.6°F)
Namsskogan: 32.6°C (90.7°F)
Mo I Rana: 32.6°C (90.7°F)
SWEDEN
Katterjak Airport: 28.3°C (82.5°F)
Kvikkjokk: 32.5°C (90.5°F)
Located at an altitude of 1100 meters (3500 feet), Finland's Tarfala Research Station is the coldest long-term reporting site in Lapland, according to weather records expert Maximiliano Herrera. The station hit 23.1°C (73.6°F) on Tuesday, smashing the all-time record of 21.4°C (70.5°F). The overnight low Monday night at Tarfala was a strikingly mild 13.3°C (55.6°F).
More records were smashed on Wednesday, including 33.4°C (92.1°F) at Kevo, Finland—the hottest temperature in reliable records for all of the province of Lapland in Finland, according to Herrera. Other all-time highs in the preliminary list for Wednesday:
FINLAND
Muonio: 30.8°C (87.4°F)
Kittila Pokka: 31.8°C (89.2°F)
Savukoski: 31.9°C (89.4°F)
Sondakyla: 32.1°C (89.8°F)
Rovaniemi: 32.2°C (90.0°F), tying the all-time high set on Tuesday
Inari: 32.6°C (90.7°F)
NORWAY
Svolvaer: 29.7°C (85.5°F)
Leknes: 29.9°C (85.8°F)
Kautokeino: 30.0°C (86.0°F)
Sandnessjoen: 30.2°C (86.4°F)
Bodo: 30.4°C (86.7°F)
Stokmarknes: 31.6°C (88.9°F)
Evenes: 32.2°C (90.0°F)
Alta: 33.0°C (91.4°F)
Bardufoss: 33.5°C (92.3°F)
SWEDEN
Katterjak Airport: 29.3°C (84.7°F)
In addition, Sweden's northernmost weather station, Naimakka (latitude 68.683°N), hit 29.5°C (85.1°F) on Wednesday, breaking its all-time record high of 29.4°C set on July 17, 1945.
EDIT
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Hot-Times-Reindeer-All-Time-Records-Melt-Lapland