2024 warmer than usual in Finland
14 January 2025
Northern Lapland and the south of the country had an exceptionally warm year in many places. In a large part of the country, the annual precipitation rate was higher than usual.
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- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Although last year began with colder weather than usual, from May onwards the remainder of the year was warmer than the norm. The average temperature for the whole country was ca. 4.0 degrees, which is 1.1 degrees more than the long-term average for 1991‒2020. The average temperature for the year varied from around +8 degrees in the Southwest Archipelago to about -1 degrees in Northwestern Lapland.
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