Weather

A once-in-a-decade fireball lit up part of the night sky in Lapland yesterday evening. According to the Astronomical Society Ursa, a phenomenon this bright is only seen in Finland once every ten years, and last night was brightest in the…

Snow, ice and sleet will cause tricky conditions for drivers across much of the country today, warns the Finnish Transport Agency and the Finnish Meteorological Institute. There has been overnight snow in Southwest Finland, Satakunta, Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, Pirkanmaa, Ostrobothnia and…

If you looked upwards in Finland on Tuesday you probably saw the sky and sun were distinctly more red than usual. That’s because particles from wildfires in Portugal, and sand from the Sahara have been swept up into the air,…

Residents in Lapland woke up to the first snowfall of the year today. The deepest snow fell in Kittilä with 4cm still laying this morning, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI. There was snow in other parts of Lapland too….

Strong winds in the Baltic Sea have forced both Viking Line and Linda Line to cancel catamaran services from Helsinki to Tallinn. Two departures from Helsinki and two from Tallinn on the Viking FSTR catamaran have been cancelled. Linda Line…

Summertime will continue at least for the next few days, the Finnish Meteorological Institute confidently predicts. On Thursday and Friday, overnight temperatures will be between +12°C and +16°C, while daytime temperatures in the south and in Lapland will be around…

This weekend’s summer storm ‘Kiira’ caused electricity blackouts, travel disruption and damage across south and east Finland. But how did the storm get her name? Meteorologists at the Finnish Meteorological Institute give a weather system a name if it is particularly…

Emergency crews responded to hundreds of alarm calls overnight, as damage from summer storm Kiira continued to be assessed. In Helsinki, the rescue department dealt with 280 call-outs during the night. In Western Uusimaa region there were 85 call-outs. Authorities…

An intense storm front ripped through southern and eastern Finland on Saturday evening, causing travel disruptions, power outages, and delays to performances at Helsinki’s Flow Festival. Strong winds gusting up to 30 metres per second, dozens of lightning strikes,…