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Central Finland is expected to experience winter temperatures approximately 10 degrees Celsius higher than average due to a warm front influenced by Atlantic low pressure and Central European winds.

The smoke particles have already reached high into the atmosphere, so they won't cause health problems or unusual odours. The most colourful sunset is expected on Tuesday evening.

Northern Finland experienced unprecedented June temperatures and abnormal rainfall, deviating significantly from historical weather patterns.

The institute started monitoring the cyanobacteria situation at the beginning of June and will continue until the end of September.

May was also exceptionally dry in many areas. According to the FMI, Savukoski, a village in eastern Lapland, recorded the most rainfall last month with 59.4 millimeters.

Early March's relatively mild start will get wetter in southern areas on Thursday, when a significant amount of rainfall is expected — with up to a full centimetre expected in western areas.

There were a total of 50 'heatwave' days in Finland this summer, when the temperature rose to above 25 degrees Celsius.

Climate change and ice-free Arctic seas are contributing to milder temperatures in Finland.

Anopheles daciae, commonly found in eastern Europe and the Balkan States and thought to be possible carriers of malaria, has been observed in several regions of Finland.

Finland is continuing to heat up this summer - and nearing the all-time heat record for June.

The condition of the lake isn’t very good and it has the typical problems with high nutrient levels and depleted oxygen.

It was the hottest summer in the 174-year history of weather records in Helsinki, and the second hottest in the 118-year history of the weather station in Sodankylä, Lapland.

June and July have been unusually warm in Finland. 

Pori and Rovaniemi are among the areas to be worst affected in the coming decades, the Finnish Climate Change Panel warned in a new report.

There were a total of eight days when the temperature nudged over 25 degrees, which is regarded in Finland as the threshold for "hot" weather. The sunny weather brought many warm early autumn days.