Since Thursday every day has gone above the mark as a new wave of warm air finally arrived to Finland. Yesterday's top of 24.2C at Jyväskylä Airport was the highest in a month and the coming week is forecast to reach similar and higher maximums.
Minimums have also been up. The final 3 weeks of June saw an average minimum of 4.8C. The first week of July has seen a figure of 9.4C. Friday July 4 also saw the highest minimum in almost a month at 12.1C.
Thursday and Friday last week saw some isolated storms and showers throughout most of Finland. A total of 1.6mm fell at Tikkakoski on Thursday. Friday saw heavier falls with 9.9mm recorded. The monthly total after the first week stands at 19.9mm.
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| Showers rolled east towards Jyväskylä on the afternoon of July 4 |
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| It was clear to see that rain was falling in isolated patches |
The dry and reasonably warm weather seen in Sydney in June has continued into the first week of July. While only the 4th has seen a maximum above 20C so far, the remaining 6 days have been fairly similar, between 17C and 19C.
The Airport still hasn't seen a maximum below 15C yet this year. The coldest so far is the 15.9C recorded on May 3. Since 1939 only 6 years, all since 1980, hadn't recorded a maximum below 15C at this point in the year. 1988 holds the record for the latest date at August 6. It was also late for 2005, the first date being August 5. 2014 is currently on track to have at least the 3rd latest date.
Dry conditions have also continued. Today made it 3 weeks since the last rainfall at the Airport. This is the longest dry streak so far this year. Anyone hoping for rain might have to wait a bit longer as well as the current forecast doesn't show any confident predictions for wet weather in the coming week.
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