Polar night ends today! The town of Utsjoki, for example, can enjoy ten minutes of sun for the first time since November.

I seriously don't know how the people living in Lapland survive.

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Finland, along with most other countries on the northern hemisphere at the moment, has been experiencing an intense heat wave for the past two weeks. This up north that translates to barely 30 C (86 F) - as opposed to the 40 C (104 F) in southern Europe - but the humid pressure has been gathering for several days and though most people have enjoyed ( Read more... )

Winter has finally caught up with the capital region, and it looks like it might even stick. Last weekend there was a dramatic drop in temperature, as the mercury took a swan dive from 0 C (32 F) to -20 C (-4 F). Believe in global warming or not, the winters we've had these last few years have been record-breakingly mild, and us poor southerners ( Read more... )

This morning the capital region was hit by a huge thunderstorm. As N and me are currently moving houses and our things are between three places, I was naturally without a coat or an umbrella. But that's just me. Let's see who else the storm fucked over:

• 38 000 households without power
  
• national radio stations silent after lightning hits a radio ( Read more... )

The spring is here! The weather reports are threatening with colder later in the week, but screw that. It's warm! :) And sunny, and pretty. Global warming or bust ( Read more... )

Or should I say, the first blizzard. When I left for work this morning, it was a perfect autumn day. Clear blue sky and not a trace of winter in sight. When I arrived in Helsinki, it was pouring rain, but still an ordinary October day. When I hopped on the train, situation was similar. When I got out of the train, it was like the fucking North Pole ( Read more... )