– There has been a lot of broken weather. You have wondered if you are really in Finnmark. This is stated by Tor Kjetil Wisløff, owner of the experience company Sorrisniva in Alta. In recent years, they have invested 100 million in tourism. Winter is high season. People from all over the world come to experience ice hotels, northern light trips and snowmobile safaris. But ever since November, winter has been a grief chapter for those who like snow and cold. In February, heat records were set across the country, also in Finnmark. They were measured 11.9 degrees in Nuvsvåg in Loppa. Throughout Finnmark, temperatures have been far on the plus side. – This is completely abnormal for our season. I have to say I’m concerned for the future, says the entrepreneur, who has been doing tourism for over 40 years. In the last month there have been 20 days of mild weather in Alta, the statistics from the Meteorological Institute show: The graph from YR shows 20 days of mild weather in Alta in February and early March 2025 Facsimile: Yr you do not go back many years before temperatures of 20 minus in the day and down to 30-40 in the night were normal in large parts of Finnmark. Fear of the ice hotel this winter, the grass storms are up between rotten snow, the river ice cream is more uncertain, and the rain has never been far away. – It has become so unpredictable. Before, you had long and stable periods of cold, but now you never know. And this year it has been almost several days of degrees of heat than with cold, says Wisløff. Tor Kjetil Wisløff at Sorrisniva in Alta scratches her head over an abnormal hot winter. Photo: Hanne Larsen / news Sorrisniva is located on the banks of the famous Alta River. From the yard, the snowmobiles start right up the meadow. The ice hotel is still supported, despite the fact that it has tasted both heat and rain this winter. Wisløff says that the ice hotel has gone surprisingly well. – We were very worried, but at the same time it takes a bit for it to melt when we first got it up. We also drive with the cold fan inside the night, he explains. As we talk, a large group of red -clad Englishmen overturns out of the ice hotel. They have come to Finnmark with a large cruise ship. Christine Middlehurst and Jim Lancaster are not happy with the Northern Norwegian winter. Photo: Hanne Larsen / news Christine Middlehurst and Jim Lancaster are in a good mood, but admits that the weather is a little disappointment. -We are in Northern Norway to see the Northern Lights and to experience snow, says Middlehurst. – Have you seen the Northern Lights? – Just so far. The weather is not so cold, and there is not as much snow as we had hoped, says the British. The sun has dragged its way to see the Northern Lights, as is well known to have clear weather. There has been little in both Finnmark, and not least in Tromsø in February. Tromsø had poor 12.7 sun hours throughout the month of February, compared to 96.5 hours in 2018. The measuring station in Finnmark, located in Karasjok, had 29.5 hours in February this year. Wet streets meet tourists in Tromsø this winter. Photo: Linn Merethe Ophaug Temperature and cloud layers are connected. – When it gets warmer, there is often more rainfall, says climate scientist at the Meteorological Institute, Jostein Mamen. Climate scientist at the Meteorological Institute, Jostein Mamen. Photo: Met.no He believes Northern Norway can expect fewer cold and clear days in months as February and March in the years to come. At the same time, he says that you have to measure data for a long time before you can certainly call it a trend. – But what we know is that it has gotten warmer – and that it’s going to be even warmer, says Mamen. Driving 40 miles to find Northern Lights in Tromsø knows Magne Moen in NLT Guide Company everything about clouds and mild weather. He is from the south, and with the exception of a few years he has lived in Tromsø since 1992. – In my head, this is the worst February month I can remember. Both in terms of rainfall and rain. There were 12.5 degrees of heat here in Tromsø a few weeks ago, says Moen. Magne Moen in NLT Guide Company in Tromsø. He runs with Northern Light tourism and says that the weather creates great extra challenges. Photo: Private Moen runs with Northern Light tourism and says that the weather creates great extra challenges. They have to drive the tourists far in the search for clear weather. Sometimes into Finland. – We have even been down in Gratangen. Then there is talk of 20 miles just one stretch, says Moen. This is what the tourists come for. But clouds and heat threaten Northern Light tourism. Photo: Bernt Olsen / news He says that this is struggling on equipment, employees and tourists. – We go to great lengths for the tourists to see the Northern Lights, and we can do it too. But it has become a completely different everyday life for us with the kind of weather we have had, he says. In Alta, Tor Kjetil Wisløff has managed to give the tourists good winter experiences despite a goofy winter. In the middle of it all, he chooses to be an optimist. – We just have to stand on, as long as we have winter, he says. PS: The coming week is cold and nice, according to the weather forecast from Yr. But from Monday, March 17, there are red temperatures on the long -term forecast for Alta. Therefore, Europe is becoming waves of heat in Europe more often, lasting longer, and when higher temperatures than before. Researchers are now clear that this is largely due to man -made greenhouse gas emissions. Road to read more about how the summer has changed and what we can do with it. AP so much warmer has the probability of heat waves in the world is almost three times as large now, as it was before the industrial revolution. Big parts of Europe have in recent years had maximum temperatures around 10 degrees warmer than normal. Ap each degree Teller researchers have studied human influence on the climate since the early 1900s, and the evidence has been stronger since. Nevertheless, the world’s emissions have continued to increase. If global warming reaches 2 degrees, the number of heat waves in the world will probably double from today’s level. 4 degrees heating can double the number of heat waves again, according to the UN Climate Panel. But something is happening now. Ap is there hope? It may have finally reached the peak of emissions. The less greenhouse gases we emit, the less these changes will continue to escalate. Many big cities have also become better at handling heat waves. Such measures have already made fewer die from the heat than they would otherwise. Published 12.03.2025, at. 05.24
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