Heat Wave in Iceland!

[BurtWorm]

It's the end of the world, I tell you! Head for the hills!


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Heat Wave - Europe - Iceland
|||Today 2:54 PM|[e-mail] (RSOE EDIS)
EDIS Number: HT-20090518-21698-ISL
Date / time: 18/05/2009 18:53:37
Event: Heat Wave
Area: Europe
Country: Iceland
State/County: Unknow
City: Unknow
Number of Deads: None or unknow
Number of Injured: None or unknow
Damage level: Minor

Description:

Temperatures were unusually high for this time of year in Iceland last weekend, rising to 20�C (68�F) at Thingvellir national park and 19�C (66�F) in the capital. People celebrated with various outdoor activities, walking, cycling and riding. People crowded into the swimming pools and the capital’s thermal beach, Nauth�lsv�k, and attended the opening acts of the 2009 Reykjav�k Arts Festival downtown. The weather was sunny and warm in most parts of the country, although it was a bit foggy and chilly in the east, Fr�ttabladid reports. The Icelandic Meteorological Office is predicting a continued heat wave, forecasting warm and dry weather throughout the week but rainfall next weekend.

[JonLP24]

1. Heat wave over here

We are flirting with the 107 record for May 18th. We probaly passed it already, I haven't checked.

[applegrove]

2. They stole our spring!! We have had unseasonably cold weather her in eastern Canada this year.

Not fun.