Temperatures reached a high of 11.2 degrees Celsius in Kilpisjärvi on Friday, compared to a high of -1.7 degrees on the same day last year.

A lack of snow in Finland's far north has disappointed tourists and snowmobile safari operators alike.

This autumn was unusually warm across Finland, with the Finnish Meteorological Institute noting it was the fourth mildest in history.

Finland’s Arctic Lapland experienced an unseasonably mild February with average temperatures about 7°C higher than normal, while snowfall and precipitation remained below average.

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.