In July, Northern Norway experienced its second wettest July since 1900. In August, the danger warnings of floods and heavy rainfall have been in a queue. – I cannot remember a wetter summer. The record wet summer means that the fields are flooded, the grass rots and the soil is destroyed by deep ruts. Some farmers have only had one cut this year. That’s what farmer association leader Trond Bjørkås says in Nordland. Now he is relying on a dry September. but he is not overly optimistic. – For many, it will take years before we are back to normal. The very wettest weather station in August was Lurøy in Nordland with 597.6 mm of precipitation. There is 173 percent more rainfall than normal, according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, which today presented the monthly statistics for August. 20 per cent more rainfall Both heat and rainfall records have been recorded in August this year. For the whole country seen as a whole, there was 20 per cent more rainfall than normal. Not ideal conditions for cutting grass. This is how it looked in Vefsn in Nordland earlier this summer. Photo: Ole-Christian Olsen / news The highest daily rainfall was 156.7 mm, and was recorded on the 11th at Lurøy in Nordland. The month is classified as “very wet”, and partly “extremely wet”, in large areas from Nord-Trøndelag to Finnmark. Heavy rain locally produced a lot of precipitation in Western Norway and inland. In the rest of southern Norway, the month was on the dry side of normal, with some “very dry” areas as well. It was wettest in parts of Nordland with 150-200 per cent more rainfall than normal. From Forsan in Steigen, with a view towards Hamarøy. Photo: Randi K. Sivertsen It was relatively driest at stations in Vestfold and Telemark, with 60-85 per cent less rainfall than normal. The wettest stations were: Lurøy (Nordland) 597.6 mm (173% more precipitation than normal) Stadlandet (Vestland) 364.3 mm (67% more precipitation than normal) Hovlandsdal (Fjaler, Vestland) 361.2 mm (51% more rainfall than normal) The driest stations were: Horten II (Vestfold and Telemark) 17.1 mm (85% less rainfall than normal) Ramnes – Berg (Tønsberg, Vestfold and Telemark) 20.1 mm (81% less rainfall than normal ) Ramnes – Kile Vestre ((Tønsberg, Vestfold and Telemark) 25.4 mm (77% less rainfall than normal) In the report, the Meteorological Institute classifies August as “normal, cool” in parts of Vestland, Møre and Romsdal, Trøndelag and Nordland. In large parts of Eastern Norway and Southern Norway, on the other hand, the month is described as “warm”. Well dressed for playing in the rain and on the trampoline. Photo: KNUT BLIXE VALBERG In the west of Troms and Finnmark, the month was respectively “normal, warm” and “warm”. I parts of Eastern Finnmark the temperatures are described as extremely hot The highest maximum temperature during the month was 30.8 ℃. It was registered in Drammen on 11 August. In contrast, the lowest temperature was measured in Folldal in Innlandet, and was -4.6 ℃. Illustration: met For the whole of Norway seen as a whole, there was 20 per cent more rainfall than normal in August. This is because there was a lot of rain in large areas from Nord-Trøndelag to Finnmark. There was also a lot of precipitation in Western Norway and inland, while it was drier than normal in the rest of southern Norway. Large streams and rivers flow down the Syv Søstre mountain range in Alstahaug on Helgeland. Photo: Sissel Breiland The wettest weather station in August was Lurøy in Nordland with 597.6 mm of precipitation. There is 173 percent more precipitation than normal, according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
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More rainfall than normal in the whole country – news Nordland
