The average temperature in June was normal in Finland, but the number of hot days was lower than usual. Precipitation was higher than usual in the southern part of the country. The number of cloud-to-ground lightnings observed in June was the smallest June total in the lightning statistics history.
According to the statistics of the Finnish Meteorological Institute, the average temperature in June was normal, with average temperature in most parts of the country being 0 to 1 degrees below the long-term average. In the northern part of the country, the average temperature varied between 9°C and 12°C, in the southern and central parts of the country between approximately 12°C and less than 15°C. The average temperature for the whole country was 12.3 degrees, which is 0.7 degrees below the long-term average.
There were two hot days in June. Since 1961, there have been fewer hot days in June in four years and the same number in two years. In addition, the number of days with the highest temperature of the day being at least 20 degrees Celsius was lower than usual at observation stations around the country, in many places unusually or even exceptionally low.
