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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 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 .
The highest average July temperatures were recorded at many locations in Great Britain, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Germany, and in the UK, July 2006 was the hottest month ever recorded and remains so today, even though the all-time temperature records of August 1990 and August 2003 were not reached.
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.
Now that last month's sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin. July's global ...
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 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 ...
legend Temperature anomaly in Northern Europe in July 2018 The 2018 European drought and heat wave was a period of unusually hot weather that led to record-breaking temperatures and wildfires in many parts of Europe during the spring and summer of 2018. It is part of a larger heat wave affecting the northern hemisphere, caused in part by the jet stream being weaker than usual, allowing hot ...