Extreme Weather In Sweden
Emily Stroud
October 23, 2020
Sweden's Climate Changes
This week, as stated above, I will be talking about Sweden's climate changes. Surprisingly, Sweden doesn't actually have very many tornadoes, thunder storms, blizzards ect., however, it does get very extreme weather, ranging from 72 to 73ºF in the Summer, and 32º to -22ºF in the winter.
About 15% of Sweden is above the Arctic Circle, and from late May to mid-July, there is no break from sunlight. Just imagine trying to sleep with sun still pouring through your windows at 12 AM! Also, according to britannica.com, even all the way in Stockholm, Sweden's capitol, only a few hours during the night get, not dark, but "semidark". Interestingly enough, during the middle of December, even Lapland, north of Sweden, has nearly 20 hours of the day pitch black, leaving 4 hours of the day in twilight, while Stockholm gets 5.5 hours of light during December.
Why am I talking about how much sunlight Sweden gets? Well, imagine living in Stockholm during December. Most of the time would be pretty cold, right? About 8 months a year, Sweden gets heavy snow fall, with temperatures dropping as low as -22º to -40ºF and covers the Gulf of Bothnia with ice.
As seen in the photo below, the sun just barely rises during December in north Sweden.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_Nordic_countries
Good research! Do they have any mitigation measures/planning in place to deal with this?
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