January was a record month for precipitation and heat in Norway – Dagsavisen
– It’s an unusual amount. Now it is typical that there are many more heat records than cold records. This means that we are getting an increasingly warmer climate, says climate researcher Hanne Heiberg NRK. She says that many of the records are related to the extreme weather Gyda.
Of the 32 precipitation records, most are set in Trøndelag with 18. This is followed by the counties of Møre og Romsdal and Vestland with five and three records, respectively.
The beginning of 2022 has also been characterized by high temperatures, and 28 heat orders have been set. Here, Viken has the most with eight, while Innlandet and Troms and Finnmark share second place with seven.
On January 24, a full 12.2 degrees was measured in Alta. The old January record was 9.9 degrees and was registered in 1992. On 14 January, Oslo equaled the county record from 1898 with 12.5 degrees at Hovin station.
– Heat orders have been set in two waves, in the middle of the month in southern Norway, while we in the north got more around 24 January. In both cases there is the dry wind. Strong winds over a mountain can give very high temperatures on the reading side, says climate researcher Jostein Mamen to the state channel.