The last time Finland had this much sunshine in March was nearly a decade ago, in 2013. High pressure typically brings clear skies, and this was also the case last month in Finland.
The brown bears hibernated for only two months due to the warm winter conditions, according to zoo officials.
Various species can be spotted in different parts of the country till early October due to warm weather in the south.
As many people resident in Finland already know, May was an exceptionally cold month. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI, the last time May daytime temperatures were this low was in 1969.
Spring - or rather thermal spring - could be arriving to Finland as early as this week in southern and western areas.
In Finland nothing means spring is around the corner more in the south than news that the brown bears at Helsinkis Korkeasaari Zoo have woken from their winters sleep. Zoo employees say the 16 and 11-year-old females hibernation is increasingly cut shorter as the years pass.
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