Finland's Arctic Lapland area swelters in record heatwave

ABC ^ | 7/6/21 | AP

[DallasBiff]

HELSINKI -- Finland’s northernmost Arctic Lapland region has recorded its hottest temperature for more than a century at 33.6 degrees Celsius (92.5 Fahrenheit), during a heatwave that's been afflicting the entire Nordic country for weeks.

[DallasBiff]

Oh noes, Lapland is experiencing a once in a century heat wave, the sky is falling!

[elteemike]

“...its hottest temperature for more than a century...”

Whaddaya ‘spose caused it last time, hmmmm?

[glennaro]

Uh-oh. A “climate change pandemic” Grab your mask and lock your doors!

[dfwgator]

Oh noes, Lapland is experiencing a once in a century heat wave,

So they've had those temperatures before. Must have been those evil SUVs.

[a fool in paradise]

Record set in 1914 when all of those coal fueled horse carriages were pollutin’ the planet!

[SgtHooper]

So?

[blam]

They're Sami's not Laplanders...they consider being called a Laplander as do Blacks being called a ......

Images Of Sami People

My mother has the same DNA as do 52% of the Skolt Sami

Benjamin Franklin and Renee Zelweger are Sami descended.

[crusty old prospector]

When it is above average somewhere in the world, it is below average somewhere else. We have been having a very mild summer in Texas so far. And just like with Portland last week, better them than me.

[DallasBiff]

Thank you for the information, one learns something new everyday.

[jmacusa]

A friend of mine lives outside of Seattle. He's convinced ‘’We're burning up!’’. I tried asking him those questions I saw here. “What is the correct mean temperature for the Earth?’’ What is the correct mean precipitation?'' He couldn't answer for a few moments. And then he repeated "We're burning up!''.

[crusty old prospector]

I guess you could tell him that all records were meant to be broken. I am sure that it has been hotter there since the last ice age. We have only been accurately measuring the temperature across America for about 100 years.