Warm front pushes temperatures above 10C in Jyväskylä

Warm air from south western Europe has been pushed all the way to Finland raising temperatures above 10C across the lower half of the country. In Jyväskylä yesterday the temperature rose to 11.7C around 3pm. It had actually been steadily increasing from 0C over the previous 36hrs.

Of the 5 years since 2009 this was the latest time in the year for such temperatures to be measured. October 19 2012 is the previous time above that mark when 11.9C was recorded. The warm autumn temperatures were quite a change seeing as the week between October 16 and 22 had an average maximum of only 1.6C. The only remnants of snow in Jyväskylä can be seen in a few small piles from what was cleared last week.

Wet and mild weather should continue for at least the next few days.