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Year Location Temperature °C (°F) Date 1961 Kemi-Tornio Airport: 30.8 °C (87.4 °F) July 14 1962 Kronoby: 26.0 °C (78.8 °F) June 20 1963 Utti
In Köppen climate classification Finland belongs to the Df group (continental subarctic or boreal climates). The southern coast is Dfb (humid continental mild summer, wet all year), and the rest of the country is Dfc (subarctic with cool summer, wet all year). [2] [3] The climate of Finland has characteristics of both maritime and continental ...
Finland areas north of the Arctic Circle rarely see the sun set during the months of June and July, due to the natural phenomenon Midnight sun. [7] Northern parts of Finland have summer temperatures in the 8 °C (46 °F) to 16 °C (61 °F) range, while further south, the temperature is closer to 13 °C (55 °F) and 23 °C (73 °F).
The annual Finnish mean temperature has risen 2.3 °C since the middle of the 19th century. Warming has been greatest in early winter, nearly 5 °C. [47] The month of July 2018 in Finland had the highest-ever temperatures recorded by the Finnish Meteorological Institute, founded in 1838. [48]
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Life expectancy was 79 years for men and 84 years for women in 2017. [257] The under-five mortality rate was 2.3 per 1,000 live births in 2017, ranking Finland's rate among the lowest in the world. [258] The fertility rate in 2014 stood at 1.71 children born/per woman and has been below the replacement rate of 2.1 since 1969. [259]
9 June – The Helsinki Air Show was held in Kaivopuisto, Helsinki, Finland in honor of Finland's 100th anniversary. Attracting 130,000 spectators, it was the largest mass gathering in Finland's history. 10 June – 2017 Finns Party leadership election was won by Jussi Halla-aho.
The first tropical cyclone of the year was a tropical disturbance in the South Pacific, which formed on January 2 over the Solomon Islands.It was the first of 20 tropical cyclones in the South Pacific during the year, [57] [58] including Cyclone Donna, which became the strongest cyclone on record in the basin in the month of May, with 10 minute sustained winds of 205 km/h (125 mph). [59]