The matter in summary: The year 2023 was characterized by great weather contrasts in Norway, with a cold and wet summer in the south, and a hot summer in the north. January was particularly snowy in Eastern Norway and Southern Norway, which led to difficult driving conditions, traffic accidents, closed roads and power cuts. In February, a lot of rainfall was recorded in Northern Norway, including the wettest 24-hour period ever in Nordland. The extreme weather Hans in August led to large amounts of rainfall in southern Norway, with over 100 rainfall records and damages of around NOK 1.8 billion. Autumn and December were cool, with October and November being the coldest months measured since 2009 and 2010 respectively. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Norwegians are known to be very interested in the weather. We might be even more interested in talking about it. And the year that has passed has given us some “talkies”. The summer was cold and wet in the south, while the north had the summer holiday of all time. Many may remember the extreme weather Hans best. And after the sun turned and the days got shorter, we got colder autumn months than normal. Here you will get a brief summary of how the weather in 2023 left its mark on the changing seasons. December in Bergen. Photo: Simon Skjelvik Brandseth / news Snow and hail showers in Borge in Lofoten in May. Photo: Annie Monsen Easter weather at Vegglifjell in Rollag municipality in Viken. Photo: Cecilie Valentine Brekke / news Lillehammer was visited by Nordlys in February. Photo: Simon Skjelvik Brandseth / news Summer in Southern Norway. Here from a sports camp in Arendal in June. Photo: Leif Dalen / news Irene Bühr has had her upstairs and basement full of water after storm Hans hit Oslo. Photo: Ismail Burak Akkan / news Round balls in Ringebu are secured due to flooding in August. Photo: Anders Bakkerud Larsen / news Swimming in Telegrafbukta in Tromsø in June. Photo: Trygve Grønning / news Tyholttårnet in Trondheim in front of the frost smoke over the fjord early in the morning in November. Photo: Linda Bjørgan / news Kayaking in the April sun in Ålesund. Photo: Tore Ellingseter / news “Everything goes a little slower here on earth” Southern Norway had a cold encounter with 2023 after the Christmas hibernation. The proofreading from the sky caused traffic to come to a standstill in several places in the first weeks of the year. A brief review concludes with difficult driving conditions, traffic accidents, closed roads and power cuts in January. And several times the Swedish Road Administration urged them to leave the car. – January was particularly snowy in Eastern Norway and Southern Norway. It was cold enough there that much of the precipitation came as snow, says climate researcher Reidun Gangstø at the Meteorological Institute. In February, however, there was a lot of rainfall in northern Norway. On 9 February, Kvitfossen in Nordland recorded the wettest 24-hour period ever recorded in Northern Norway with 221.9 millimetres. With all the winter days counted, the season became wetter and milder than normal. “Frost and snow they had to fly” Then came March, but there wasn’t much spring in the air. The temperature in the first spring month was on average 2.9 degrees below normal. In Eastern Norway, the snow stayed for a long time. Then two county records for cold were set during April and May. On 1 April, the old Vestfold county had -20.5 degrees at Sande in Holmestrand. And on 5 May, Bjørnholt in Oslo measured -6.3 degrees. The old record here was from Tryvannshøgda of -5.8 degrees in 1929. But despite cold degrees – April and May remained above average for warmth in the south. Weather year 2023 in figures from the Meteorological Institute Maximum temperature: Flå in Viken 33.9 degrees, 15 June. Highest average temperature: Oslo 19.0 degrees in June Daily rainfall: 221.9 mm at Kvitfossen in Vågan on 9 February. Highest monthly rainfall: 545.2 millimeters at Gullfjellet (Bergen, Vestland) in September Minimum temperature: Kautokeino (Troms and Finnmark) -38.2 °C, 7 January Lowest average monthly temperature: Folldal currently has -17 °C on average. Otherwise coldest in March with -15.4 °C at Couvddatmohkki. Climate change continues: It has become approx. 1.3 degrees warmer in Norway in the period 1900-2023. The annual precipitation has increased by approx. 20% in the period 1900-2023. Although the temperature and precipitation fluctuate from year to year, and this year was quite normal, the tendency shows that it is constantly getting warmer and wetter also in Norway It was summer free, sea and magic The weather contrasts were greatest in the summer months. In the north it was hot all summer, which brought with it drought challenges for agriculture in several places. For the country in general, the rain in June was 55 per cent less than normal. The degree stick in southern Norway was at its warmest in June. At the vast majority of bathing spots in Southern Norway, the water temperature was well over 20 degrees. The southerners, on the other hand, had to endure a particularly rainy summer, even though June started dry. – It was wet in both July and August. And what contributed most to the precipitation in August was the extreme weather Hans. “Hans” came up with a billion bill On 6 August, the Meteorological Institute warns of heavy torrential rain and the risk of floods and landslides in Viken, Innlandet and Trøndelag. On the following four days, there was more than twice as much rainfall in southern Norway than is normal for the whole of August. A flooded garden in Mjøndalen as a result of the extreme weather Hans in August. Photo: Juni Hoem / news The extreme weather Hans contributed to more than 100 rainfall records being set. The aftermath of the storm was one of the most expensive in Norway ever. The Norwegian Nature Damage Pool has previously estimated that the costs related to the extreme weather were around NOK 1.8 billion. The summer month of September On average, the Norwegian autumn started with warmer weather than normal. Vestland set a county record at the weather station on Etne with 28.3 degrees on 8 September. The Norwegian record was also eclipsed in Sigdal at the Nedre Eggedal weather station. On 10 September, 28.6 degrees were measured. Previously, this temperature was reached in Drammen on 8 September 2021. During the hot days, 44 records were set for maximum temperature. The average temperature for September was 1.8 degrees above normal. Parts of Indre kai were destroyed on the Strandkaien side in Stavanger, after the storm “Pia”. Photo: Johan Mihle Laugaland / news Coldest autumn since 2010 The rest of autumn and December were cool. Both October and November were the coldest measured since 2009 and 2010 respectively, The cold from November continued into December and there was prolonged cold in many places. In the first week of December, several places set records for the lowest average temperature, for example at Værnes. Just before Christmas, the west coast in the south and part of Agder had an encounter with her the Danes called Pia.
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Weather year 2023 – From snow chaos to extreme weather – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
