It has been a strange summer for Finland so far. There have been quite a few distinctly warm and cold periods and the past few days has seen the arrival of the third warm period of the season.
The daily maximums in Jyväskylä have been climbing on a daily basis since last Friday. Monday went above 25C for the first time since June 6, getting to 26.3C. Yesterday reached 27.6C while today has got to about 29C.
Before today, the highest temperature seen throughout Finland this year was the 30.8C recorded in Heinola on May 19. Temperatures came very close to breaking that mark on Monday. It reached 30.7C in the very far north at Utsjoki. Jyväskylä hasn't broken to 30C barrier just yet but temperatures should hover above 20C, with some days in the high 20s, for at least the next week and a half.
Another blast of cold air hit Australia's south-east yesterday. Despite the cooler air not reaching Sydney until this evening, this morning saw the coldest temperature at many of Sydney's weather stations in more than a year. Temperatures at the Airport dropped to 5.7C a bit before 7am, the lowest since the 5.2C recording on July 7 last year.
Other minimum readings in Sydney this morning included 1.6C at Sydney Olympic Park, 0.1C at Penrith, while it went below zero at Badgerys Creek, Richmond and Camden with respective figures of -1.5C, -2.7C, -3.4C.
The cool start made way for a fairly warm winter's day. It reached 21.7C at the Airport a bit before 3pm. Very strong and gusty winds arrived around 7pm. The temperature dropped to 12.9C at 7:07pm while gusts above 80km/h hit the Sydney region. The change also brought some brief showers. The Airport recorded 1.2mm, the first rain since June 16.
Down south, the NSW and Victorian ski fields are receiving more snow. Strong winds are also being experienced there. The Top Station at Thredbo saw winds gusts up to 124km/h in the early hours of this morning.
Tomorrow will see strong winds again in Sydney. It's quite possible for tomorrow to be the coldest day so far this year. A top of only 16C is forecast.
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