Norway’s weather warmer than normal

SIKU CIRCUMPOLAR NEWS SERVICE

Last month, average temperatures in Norway were higher than normal throughout the country.

The High Arctic community of Longyearbyen on the Svalbard Islands had an average temperature of -7.7 C for the month, 8 degrees C above average, Norway’s Meteorological Institute reports.

The temperatures in the Norwegian Arctic were among the highest since measurements began at the beginning of the 20th century.

Norway has been warmer than normal in 2004. The average temperature so far this year is 1.5 C above normal, making it the 30th highest since the institute began measurements in 1867.