Temperatures stable in Jyväskylä during past week, fluctuating in Sydney

Temperatures remained warm in Jyväskylä over the weekend, even if they were slightly down on last week's figures. It's quite possible that it was the last weekend of the year with temperatures close to 25C.

Tuesday to Friday last week pushed the streak of days above 25C to 10, but Saturday fell short by 0.7C, getting to 24.3C. Tuesday August 5 saw the highest temperature of the month with 28.9C. Since 2009, only 2010 recorded a warmer August temperature. Wednesday and Thursday came very close to Tuesday's figure with 28.8C recorded on both days. After the 30.8C top from 2010, these 3 days are the second and equal third warmest August days since 2009.

Jyväskylä has already recorded more August days at 25C or above in 2014 than any year between 2009 and 2013. Today made it 10 days above the mark. 2010 recorded 6 days at or above 25C, 2009, 2011 and 2013 saw only 2, and 2012 saw none.

The first precipitation for the month was recorded last Thursday afternoon. A few isolated showers have been passing through Central Finland since then, but most have avoided Jyväskylä. Thursday saw 0.5mm and yesterday also saw 0.3mm recorded.

The rest of this week will see the first signs of the impending autumn. It's very possible that today was the last day of the year above 25C. Daily maximums should hover closer to 20C heading all the way into next week.

Some rain is expected tonight, 0.8mm has already fallen by 9pm today, and the long term forecast shows the chance of showers all the way towards the end of next week. This rain is the first for quite some time that isn't associated with storm activity, a further sign of the autumn drawing near.

Isolated storms and showers threatened Jyväskylä during the evening of August 10.
Despite rain in the city, no rain was recorded at Tikkakoski.

It has been a mix of typical winter weather and early signs of spring for Sydney since the start of last week. During the past week, 3 days at Sydney Airport have recorded daily maximums above 21C. The pick of those was yesterday's top of 22.9C, the warmest of the month so far. Saturday had reached 21.2C. The remaining 4 days saw temperatures below 19C.

After a fairly warm weekend, today was a very cold day, the coldest of the year. In fact, Sydney Airport recorded its coldest maximum in more than 3 years. The top of 13.1C was the coldest since it hit only 12.8C on July 15 in 2011. You have to go back another 3 years to 2008 to find the next coldest.

Last Tuesday and Friday saw a small amount of rain. This morning also saw a brief shower with 0.8mm recorded before 9am. This evening, however, saw heavy showers develop south east of the city and move in a northwesterly direction. The daily total at Sydney Airport had climbed to 8.0mm by midnight. Further rain has already fallen in the early hours of August 12 as well, a total of 17.0mm between midnight and 4am. This is the highest daily total since June 5.