Finland’s sizzling temperatures will drop down to around 20 degrees Celsius next week.
Finland’s worst wildfire in more than half a century scorched the country’s northwest for a fifth day on Friday, tearing through forests left dry by record summer heat.
Lapland was Finland's hottest region on Monday with a measuring station in the village of Utsjoki recording 33.5 degrees celsius. A high-pressure front dominating Central and Eastern Europe is behind the drought and high temperature readings.
Climate change and ice-free Arctic seas are contributing to milder temperatures in Finland.
Finland is continuing to heat up this summer - and nearing the all-time heat record for June.
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