Record mild and wet January in Norway
While there has been heavy rainfall in most of the Kingdom, the Drammen area became the driest in the country with almost 90% less rainfall than normal.
DRAMMEN: It has been a mild and wet January, and the records for temperature and precipitation have been in line, the Meteorological Institute stated in a press release.
Still – Mjøndalen and Drammen were the driest places in the country with 86% and 84% less precipitation than normal, respectively – only 7.4 and 7.7 mm.
In January, the temperature for the whole country ended 1.7 degrees above what has been the average temperature for the last 30 years. Several records were set for both the highest temperature measured in January, and for monthly precipitation, daily precipitation and little precipitation.
– Many records and great contrasts sum up the January weather bra. The trend we see is that it takes longer between the good, old-fashioned winters, and that mild and rainy winters come more frequently, says climate researcher Jostein Mamen at the Meteorological Institute.
Sunndalsøra in Møre og Romsdal had the highest maximum temperature of the month on January 24, when the degree showed 13.6 degrees. On the other hand, Kautokeino in Troms and Finnmark had the lowest minimum temperature on January 8, with -35.8 degrees.
Save contrasts for precipitation
In addition to a lot of mild weather, it also got wet in several places in the country. For the whole country, 45 percent more precipitation fell than normal. 25 stations set a new January record for high monthly precipitation. And it was put whole 32 records for daily precipitationthat is, the largest amount of rain we have registered at a measuring station in 24 hours.
– The largest deviations were registered in Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet, where there was three times more precipitation than normal, says Mamen.
While there were precipitation records in several places in the country, on the other hand, record low precipitation was measured for January at five stations in Viken.
– A number of stations in Eastern Norway received 75 to 85 percent less precipitation than normal. It has been a month marked by many records and great contrasts, says Mamen.
The wet weather is explained by the fact that there has been a frequent passage of low pressure from the west towards our country. This leads to precipitation from Rogaland to Western Finnmark, while Eastern Norway is sheltered.
Hers was the wettest:
- Øvstedal in Voss: 739.3 millimeters of precipitation, 99 percent more precipitation than normal
- Hovlandsdal in Fjaler: 735.1 millimeters, 96 percent more precipitation than normal
- Gullfjellet in Bergen: 721.1 millimeters, 56 percent more precipitation than normal
Hers was the driest:
- Mjøndalen – Orkidehøgda in Drammen: 7.4 millimeters, 86 percent less precipitation than normal
- Nesbyen – Todokk: 7.6 millimeters, 76 percent smaller than normal
- Drammen – Courthouse: 7.7 millimeters, 84 percent smaller than normal