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Here is a list of the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in various locations in Sweden since 1860. Due to the continental nature of the Swedish climate, the entire country is prone to absolute extremes, even though averages are normally moderate in most of the country.
On average, most of Sweden receives between 500 and 800 mm (20 and 31 in) of precipitation each year, making it considerably drier than the global average.The south-western part of the country receives more precipitation, between 1,000 and 1,200 mm (39 and 47 in), and some mountain areas in the north are estimated to receive up to 2,000 mm (79 in).
The warmest day on record for the entire planet was 22 July 2024 when the highest global average temperature was recorded at 17.16 °C (62.89 °F). [20] The previous record was 17.09 °C (62.76 °F) set the day before on 21 July 2024. [20] The month of July 2023 was the hottest month on record globally. [21]
Every month since June 2023 - 13 months in a row - has now ranked as the planet’s hottest since records began, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, Copernicus said.
Scientists have compared this year’s weather extremes to “a ... the world has been abnormally hot. ... The period from November 2022 to the end of October 2023 was the hottest 12 months, with ...
The 12 months ending with March also ranked as the planet's hottest ever recorded 12-month period, C3S said. ... 10 months ranked as the world's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding ...
On 26 July 2023, the World Meteorological Organization station in Agia Triada recorded 46.1 °C (115.0 °F) making it the highest temperature in the country for that day. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] Throughout the prolonged heat wave, wildfires devastated parts of the country, killing at least 28 people, [ 52 ] mostly in the Athens metropolitan area and Rhodes .
This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature.. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group, derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit.