The bitter frost in the far north of Europe gave Sweden the coldest January night in 25 years. In the small northern Swedish town of Kvikkjokk in Lapland, minus 43.6 degrees Celsius was measured, the meteorological institute SMHI announced via X (formerly Twitter).
In the south of Sweden, a low-pressure area is causing problems, while a high-pressure area in the north is responsible for temperatures below minus 40 degrees and new cold records, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI for short) wrote on X on Wednesday afternoon (see message below) .
Temperatures below minus 40 degrees Celsius were already measured in the region on Tuesday night. However, the current cold has not yet come close to the Swedish record: in February 1966, the thermometer at an official weather station in Vuoggatjalme showed minus 52.6 degrees.
Also freezing weather in the neighboring country
The icy weather also continues in neighboring Finland: according to meteorologists there, it was around minus 20 to minus 35 degrees across the country on Wednesday morning.
Source: Krone
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