Despite a cooler than normal start to May, Sydney has seen some warmer temperatures during the last few days. Finland, on the other hand, has seen cool weather continue this week. The highest daily rainfall totals of the year so far were also recorded in Jyväskylä and locations in Eastern Finland.
The last 7 days at Sydney Airport have all had a daily maximum above 20C. May 10's 24.4C is still the highest of the month but light northerly winds and temperatures in the low 20s have made the last few days fairly pleasant.
There were a few showers in coastal suburbs from late Monday to the early hours of Tuesday. The Airport received 8.4mm between 11pm and 4:30am. Observatory Hill got a little bit more with 11.2mm between 8:30pm and 4am. The 7.0mm total at the Airport for Tuesday was the highest daily total since April 15.
Warm temperatures for this time of year in the low to mid-20s are forecast to continue for the next week. It should also be dry and sunny.
May 10 also remains as Jyväskylä's warmest day of May so far. It reached 12.5C then. In comparison, the 5 previous years from 2009 to 2013 had seen much warmer maximums by the 15th day of the month. May 2009's highest temperature at May 15 was 20.0C. It was 27.4C in 2010, 22.4C in 2011, 16.4C in 2012 and 19.5C in 2013.
Tuesday evening and the early hours of Wednesday saw heavy falls throughout most of Finland's east. Some locations recorded more than 60mm. Mikkeli recorded the highest total across the evening of May 13 and morning of May 14 with 63.4mm. Varkaus got 62.9mm while Sulkava, west of Savonlinna, received 56.4mm.
Jyväskylä also recorded good falls. A total 13.3mm fell on the 13th with an additional 12.8mm coming on the 14th. The last 7 days have seen rain recorded at Jyväskylä Airport. This is the longest streak of the year so far and the monthly total now stands at 55.7mm, easily above any other monthly total of the year to date. After a rather dry March and April, rain has helped the landscape turn green a little more quickly despite the unusually low temperatures.
The coming week looks promising though for those hoping for warmer weather. Saturday is forecast to shoot above 15C for the first time in 2 and a half weeks before it goes above 20C on Sunday for the first time since last September. Early next week will be very different compared to the past couple of weeks. Tuesday is currently forecast to reach 29C.
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