According to Helsingin Sanomat, climate change is definitely taking its toll. This winter has been between 4.5 to 6 °C warmer than the historical average.
No wonder I still haven't used my proper winter coat (nicknamed the bear for a reason) very much so far. This weekend it's been snowing, so I hope it improves, as I didn't move back from Belgium to have the same weather again ;-).
Even though the sea is starting to get frozen, the fact is that proper winter as known in this latitudes has been lacking. Snow has been rather sporadic and not permanent, and we’ve been hovering between +3 & -3°C for a month now.
Sunny and -10°C means it’s finally frosty and the bay is frozen. Nice!
How long before I can start skating again?
Show us what winter means to you.
Now, that depends where. If it's Finland we're talking about this:
If we're talking about Mexico, then it's something like this:
This autumn has been unseasonably warm and rainy here in Southern Finland (we're still above freezing point). According to this story published in Helsingin Sanomat, it's only going to get worse in the coming years.
I want some snow!
Said it before and will keep on saying it, Finland has an amazing colour palette.
With floods in Tabasco, central Mexico below 0°C and the fires from California spilling to the other side of the border, he/she is definitely having a tough time.
And yes, the weather is going crazy.
As mentioned last year, the weather is really going crazy. Mexico City is having sub-zero temperatures in the morning with possibility of snow (it's actually colder there than in Helsinki in the morning, even though by noon the thermometer reaches 15°C).
Hope it gets better by Christmas when I'm there, but of course that's not probable.
And it didn't truly arrive. After a sunny week, this week has been rather cold, hitting 0°C during the night. The calendar says its spring, but the weather has been rather awful. Hope it improves.
