In the far north, Inari saw a low of -36.4C around midday today. This is the coldest temperature seen in Finland this winter. Cold temperatures extended south all the way to Helsinki too. Helsinki-Vantaa Airport saw it drop below -20C this evening.
As for temperatures in Jyväskylä, since December 23, only Boxing Day saw the mercury climb above -5C. Even then it was only to -4.9C. Yesterday saw the third lowest daily minimum of the year. January 23 and 24 are the only days of the year to have dropped below -25C, to -27.3C and -27.7C respectively, but December 28 came fairly close. It dipped to -24.5C just before 11pm last night.
Temperatures today didn't climb above -15C at Jyväskylä Airport until just after 6pm. A warm front will push east across Finland during tonight causing temperatures to climb across the next 30 hours. The climb will be fairly dramatic with forecasts predicting it to be 2C already in the early hours of Wednesday.
The front is also predicted to bring snow from around 2am or 3am tomorrow. Tikkakoski's snow depth still sits at 16cm but it remains to be seen how much will be left after the warmer temperatures arrive. Mild weather is forecast from Wednesday until Saturday morning, before temperatures should drop once again.
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| Sun accompanied the cold temperatures on December 29 |
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| Daytime temperatures hovered around -18C in Jyväskylä |
Conditions have remained quite similar in Sydney during the past few days. The second half of December has seen the odd cooler day among warmer days, and the past weekend started in the same way. After a top of 27.4C at the Airport on December 26, Saturday only got to 22.2C, the second lowest daily maximum for the month.
Yesterday saw a return to temperatures above 25C with a top of 26.2C, and today also reached 28.5C. Minimums have remained above 18C for just over a week now. The average minimum sits at 19.0C. It can drop to 18.9C in the final days of the month and it will still be the warmest average minimum for a December since at least 2009.
The coming week looks good. Other than New Year's Eve, which is still forecast to reach 24C, other days are all likely to reach maximums between 27C and 30C.
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