Finland is continuing to heat up this summer - and nearing the all-time heat record for June.
A close cousin to the tornado - the waterspout - touched down in south-western Finland on Friday.
A sandstorm sweeping in from the Sahara stranded hundreds of tourists enjoying a winter break in the Canary Islands.
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.
The state rail company VR has said that it will substitute buses on some of the cancelled rail trips.
October temperature records were broken on Sunday afternoon, with the mercury surpassing 20°C in many places, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
Packed ice crystals have pushed up water levels on the Kokemäki River, soaking some buildings in Huittinen and Pori.
Up north highs were up to 2 degrees warmer than average, while central and southern regions of Finland were up to 3 degrees warmer.
There are no records to indicate the last time there was such a radical temperature change in a 24-hour period.
A temperature of 27.7 degrees Celsius was recorded in the southern city of Kouvola.
A new precipitation system is approaching Finland from the south-west, bringing wet, heavy snow or sleet to southern and some central areas of the country, possibly causing headaches for commuters on Friday morning.
Finland’s sizzling temperatures will drop down to around 20 degrees Celsius next week.
Finnish Meteorological Institute researchers said the reduction in snow cover was caused by global climate change and is likely to accelerate.
Meteorologist Niko Tollman of the Finnish Meteorology Institute confirms that counting up the number of stormy days this past month made January one of the windiest first months of the year over sea areas since 1994.
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