Icy temperatures in the north: Sweden shivers at minus 40 degrees

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It’s colder in the north than it has been in a long time! Northern Sweden in particular had to shiver at the start of the new year: temperatures below minus 40 degrees Celsius were measured for the first time since the end of 2021. The Swedish meteorological institute SMHI announced this on Tuesday.

In some places, such as Umea, it was colder than it had been in twelve years. Due to safety risks caused by the cold, all passenger train connections north of Umea have been suspended until Thursday, radio broadcaster SVT said.

It is also bitterly cold in Finland

According to the institute, there is currently a high-pressure area with extremely cold air over northeastern Sweden and northern Finland. In Nikkaluokta near Kiruna, minus 41.6 degrees was measured. However, the Swedish cold record for this century is even lower: in February 2001, a whopping minus 44.0 degrees was measured in Storbo.

Meteorologists in neighboring Finland also recorded temperatures well into the double digits below zero: it was freezing across the country, with temperatures generally between minus 20 and minus 30 degrees, the Ilmatieteen Laitos Institute there wrote on its website on Tuesday. In the central and northern part of the country, the cold could reach minus 40 degrees in the coming days. (SDA/dzc)

Source: Blick