Temperature will rise
- The winter temperatures in particular will rise [2].
- Warming will be fastest in Northern Finland [3].
- Very low temperatures seem to become rarer.
- Heat wave periods will probably become more common and last longer.
- The highest temperatures will probably rise. [4], [5]
- The growing season will become longer and warmer [2].
Precipitation will increase
- Particularly in the winter half of the year, precipitation will increase [3], [1] and it will more often fall down as rain rather than as snow [4].
- Heavy rain events are assumed to become more intense, and the change than average rainfall.
- The longest dry periods in winter and spring will become somewhat shorter [4].
Storm winds will change
- Average wind conditions are not expected to change much [6], [1].
- Storm winds are expected to increase over Finnish sea areas and the coastline. According to RCP4.5 scenario storm winds will increase most probably near the southern and western coastline since storm winds are projected to increase over Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea and Sea of Bothnia. According RCP8.5 scenario storm winds may increase over all Finnish sea areas and also southern and central part of the country reaching southern Lapland. [7], [8]
- Climate change projection gain more support from the most recent research about past storms in Europe. The catastrophic storms when investigated over the period of 1951–2010 have changed remarkably since 1990 which represents a change point in the storm series. Nearly all of the most catastrophic storms have occurred after year 1990 in an area that covers Western, Central and Northern Europe. [9]
Snow cover and soil frost will reduce
- The snow cover period will become shorter.
- The water equivalent of snow and snow depth will decrease.
- The amount of soil frost will reduce. [4], [5]
- During mild and rainy winters, the ground will often be wet and its carrying capacity reduced [10].
Cloud cover will increase and sunshine will decrease
- Winters will become cloudier and there will be less sunshine [1].
- In summer cloud cover is likely to remain largely unchanged or sunshine to become slightly more common. [1], [3], [4], [5]
Sea level in the Baltic Sea will rise and the winter ice cover will reduce
- Water level in the Gulf of Finland may begin to rise and in the Gulf of Bothnia the sea will recede slower than before [11], [12].
- Winter ice cover in the Baltic Sea will reduce and become thinner [11], [13]
December 24, 2014
By Carolyn Williams
Finland (click here) is receiving the brunt of global warming, as temperatures across the Nordic country climb faster than anywhere else in the world.
A study conducted by the University of Eastern Finland and the Finnish Meteorological Institute found over the past 40 years, the average temperature has risen more than 0.2 degrees per decade, according to the University of Eastern Finland.
Over the past 166 years, the mean temperature has risen over 35 degrees Fahrenheit, Finnish news outlet YLE reported. This past decade, average temperatures have risen about 32 degrees Fahrenheit, a rate that is double that of the entire planet, YLE also noted. ...
