It was surprising for everybody here in Finland to experience last summer.  Winter was very cold and snowy for Finnish standards and summer came in strong and lasted the mandatory 3 months.  We reached temperatures of 35°C in parts of the country and even in Helsinki it was above 30°C for most of July.  Now the rains have started and the summer seems but a memory, so this post is a homage to the warmest, most tropical season in recorded Finnish history.