NordenBladet – The winter season in Finland is typically known for its storms, but this year, the weather has been unusually calm. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute, there were only two storm days measured during the months of November and December, which is significantly fewer than the average.
The winter season in Finland is typically known for its storms, but this year, the weather has been unusually calm. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/tuulitilastot), there were only two storm days measured during the months of November and December, which is significantly fewer than the average.
The number of storm days in November and December has not been recorded so low between 2006 and 2021. The reason for the lack of storms is due to the high pressure or weak low pressure systems that have not caused the winds to increase to storm levels. There have also been no named storms or severe weather in Finland since the Aatu storm in June 2021.
Naming a storm is based on the potential for damage and any unusual factors. The last time a full calendar year went without named storms or severe weather was in 2018 and prior to that in 2012. Storms are most common during the early winter and December typically sees an average of 5.8 storm days between 2006 and 2022.
Read Iltalehti’s interview “What happened? There have been no storms in Finland” (with the original title: Mitä tapahtui? Suomessa ei ole ollut myrskyjä) with meteorologist Ville Siiskonen from the Finnish Meteorological Institute HERE (article is in Finnish).
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