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March 23, 2005
Spring! Well, Sort Of...
Spring is here! Well, not really. It's still minus three or four outside - the rise in temperature has brought snow - its now pelting down outside the Forest Rescue Station office in Inari...
But we are on the summer side of the vernal equinox - the days are growing longer, and warmer. I was out for a walk earlier, and didn't even need gloves. But the warmth brings complaints here - if you get snow on your clothes now, or in your boots, it melts... so you get wet and cold much quicker than when it's -15°C.
- Dave
Photo: The view from the office. © Greenpeace/Dave Walsh
Posted by Dave at March 23, 2005 06:18 PM
Comments
Spring has usually come in May, but nowadays it comes already in April! I mean come on, what kind of winter is that supposed to be anymore.
Last year it snowed in June, but in July northern Lapland was the hottest place in Finland and in some days even hotter than Germany.
http://www.fmi.fi/saa/tilastot_61.html#7
http://www.fmi.fi/saa/tilastot_149.html#4
http://www.fmi.fi/saa/tilastot_16.html#1
Posted by: Eino-Kalevi at March 24, 2005 01:13 AM
