Stockholm, Sweden
3-4 June 2023
It was only yesterday morning, when the last of several of cold mornings (+ wind) dwelled in the outer Stockholm region, me yearning for gloves... in June (!) while at the same time watching some passengers at Gullmarsplan station, appearing in shorts. Brrr.
Frosty !
Also; it was only yesterday morning, when
frost was still
registered in Southern Sweden, down to
-2.7°C in
Hagshult which became the coldest place in Sweden. In the much wider region outside of Stockholm:
Film got (
-0.0°C),
Eskilstuna (
-0.3°C) and
Kerstingbo (
-0.6°). Further away,
Åmot got
-1.6°C.
Finland registered frost in many places generally down to
-3°C. On top, the country got an all time
national cold record for June; in the morning of 1 June 2023, a staggering
-7.7°C were registered at
Kilpisjärvi Saana, albeit I need to add that this was set at an 1007 meter high located station. Further; frost was noted in Estonia, Northwest Poland, outside of Saint Petersburg; both north and south of it, and in a tiny area in east Scotland.
Warm daytime
On the same day, temperatures in Stockholm then rose to a very pleasant 19-22°C. (but today only 17°)
Later, early evening, clouds started to roll in, originating from a weak cold front, but it preserved the lush summer warmth late into the night. Suddenly, the evening was 9-10°C warmer (around 17°C), compared to the previous evening...which was only 7°C. So, when i left home for work - it had that special feeling of wandering into an alluring, summer's eve. The kind, when you walk with a light feel through streets. Or perhaps... my hormones played me ?!
The coldfront
didn't make much buzz; a few drops over the southern suburbs, while up to 3 mm rain north of the city. Yet, those raindrops were enough to make the breaking action of the "modern" Stockholm subway trains become extremely slippery. That was 'fun'
(read: me causing delays) and through the radio, they were asking me, what I was up to...
Close to record • Sunshine in May
Speaking of clouds and such: The Sunshine hours during the
month of May here in Stockholm, have been though the roof. Albeit i don't have exact record statistics, but know enough that the total must be among the highest ever measured for May. You can see that in the following two illustrations below.
Around 12 hours in average - every day. That is truly remarkable. I believe the all time high record is 12.6 hours, so we were really close.
Temperatures in May 2023
Were a mixed bag in Stockholm and wider region. The start in the first 8 days was bizarre cold (at night) And even in the end of May, Tullinge station showed how it repeatedly fell back close to frost. Add some wind to it, and it feels like wanting to wear gloves again.
We got two short, wonderfully warm summer periods. (The drawback with my job is, that I often "miss" the warm days, because I work at night, and sleep during the day). This has the consequence of giving me a somewhat altered 'weather feeling in hindsight'. So, i never felt it was "that warm really", because in my reality, i faced the chilly nights, not so much the summery warm days.
Anyway - those two warm periods equalized the dominating cold statistics from the beginning of May, turning the whole month into a nearly normal average (about 0.5 - 1.0°C warmer than normal). By showing rural MIN temperatures however, you can spot that something wasn't always that 'normal'.
Like a silent reminder, that when you live in the north (Sweden), it still can get really cold in May - except in the artificially warm city core where all the woke Greens live; the only place where "global warming ™ " goes rampant.