It’s June 23rd, and summer is in full swing. At least in Australia. The capital of Western Norway, Bergen, has only had three summer days this month. And the situation is quite similar over large parts of Western Norway. A summer day is a day when the highest temperature is 20 degrees Celsius or more. – I run to and from work, and have mostly worn a hat, says Robert Næss. He works for Nordea, but is also a fan of weather statistics. The capital of Western Norway has only had three summer days so far in June. Photo: Anne Aasen One city with three summer days And the statistics show that three summer days are actually quite small. In comparison, last year there were 22 summer days in June. Years before it was eight and thirteen. – But it is not entirely unique. We do not have to go further back than to 2015, when there were only two. And in the 90s, it was several years without a single summer day in June, says Næss. Meteorologist Chara Charalampos Sarchosidis confirms this. He says that Western Norway is not the only one that has deviated from normal so far this summer. Warmer than normal Austlandet has been both hot and dry. The normal in Oslo in June is 80 mm of precipitation. So far it has come 47.1 mm. – The month is not over yet, but it is likely to be drier than normal in Australia, says Sarchosidis. It’s hot in Australia. Here from Lunde in Telemark. Photo: Bente Damengen Tollefsen In the west, the statistics for Næss show that the situation there is different. – There are only three days we have not had precipitation. When he looks at May and June collectively, it has our 44 days of rainfall. He must look far back in time to find similar figures: In 1964, there were 47 rainy days these two months. – We only need three days for that, and as the weather forecast looks now, it seems that we will manage to get three more days with precipitation, says Næss. For a statistician, there can be some joy in such numbers when the weather is bad, but still not particularly cold, especially wet or with particularly little sun. – Then it’s a bit boring. Once it feels bad, it’s good that you can see from the numbers that it is quite unique at least. It has also rained more in Nordland than usual in June. Otherwise, the month has been about as he usually does. At the same time, both Troms and Finnmark have had a warmer June than usual. Nordland has ours approximately as usual this June. Here is Bø in Vesterålen on a sunny day. Photo: Jan-Helge Andersen Rogaland gets the hottest day of the year Before the westerners have to lubricate themselves more with patience than with sunscreen, but it will be summer this year too, we must believe the statistician. – The simple answer is yes, it always will be. We’ll just have to wait and see. – Is it a logic that if the summer starts rainy, it will be fine later? – It always feels like that, but when we look at numbers, there is not a clear connection. Meteorologist Sarchosidis can not say for sure far in the future, but tell that large parts of southern Norway can get good weather for the jonsok bonfire. – The precipitation is moving north, so after a quarter of an hour Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag will have lighter weather. Northern Norway has heavy rainfall tonight, but it will ease east in Finnmark. In southern Norway, it will be sunny in the east and in southern Norway. Rogaland and the inner parts of Vestland will also have nice weather towards evening. On Friday, the Rogalendings have something to look forward to. – Then comes the warmest day so far this year, and it will probably be the warmest in Rogaland, says Sarchosidis. Larvik has had bathing weather. Photo: Hanne Lisbeth Nyquist
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The weather has been so bad in the west – and it has been so nice in the east – news Vestland
