Never measured warmer this late in the year – news Troms and Finnmark

On Friday morning, a heat record was set in Tromsø, with 13.8 degrees. It is the highest reading so late in the year since the weather forecast began to keep statistics in 1924. This is confirmed by the frost watcher at the Meteorological Institute, Nora Moe-Bjørkelund. She points out that in 1987, 14.5 degrees were measured on 17 October, i.e. one day earlier. – There are warm air masses from the south-southwest blowing into Troms today. The temperatures can probably rise a little until lunchtime, then it will decrease throughout the day, says state meteorologist Ola Bakke Aashamar to news. He points out that it is unusual for such high temperatures so late in Troms. For the county as a whole, we are still a long way from the record. – We are still a long way from the October record for Troms. It is from Måsvik on Rebbenesøya at 20.5 degrees on 1 October 2017. Only warmer in Møre and Romsdal. It will also be mild at the weekend, says Aashamar. – The temperatures will not be as high as today, but still relatively mild for being so late in October. It is hot in several places in Norway. It is Møre and Romsdal that hold the top eight places on the temperature list on Friday morning. But in ninth place is Lyngen in Troms. – A top-ten position in October in Troms, that’s not too bad, he says. In four places in the county, it was measured above 15 degrees on Friday morning. Lyngen: 17.3 degrees Skibotn: 16.2 degrees Hekkingen lighthouse: 15.6 degrees Måsvik: 15.1 degrees Published 18.10.2024, at 11.10



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