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The summer of 2014 in Sweden was unusually warm, especially in the northern parts of the country. The notability of this event was characterised as July being the warmest ever month on record in the north-west. ==Events== The July heat wave started after a week, when Härsnäs in Östergötland County recorded after hot continental air came into the south of the country.〔 The southerly coastal areas recorded particularly warm nights, with Karlskrona recording a night minimum of on July 9.〔 The heat remained stabled and quite normal until the second half of the month, when heat warnings were released by the Meteorological Office.〔 The heat affected all of Sweden, but was particularly abnormally hot in the north. Tropical nights were recorded in the coastal north and by the Atlantic in the south on July 22 and on July 23 Umeå had its warmest temperature since 1882 with .〔 The temperature record of nearby islet Holmön was beaten by more than three degrees and topped on an outlying island north of 63 degrees latitude.〔 Several thunderstorms struck the country in some areas at this time, with the precipitation being unevenly distributed. fell on the same day in Motala, whilst nearby Linköping only had of rainfall in all of July – akin to mediterranean climates. The highest figure was on the same day in Emmaboda in the southern inland areas.〔 The temperatures started to rise to new exceptional levels the final week of July and first week of August. Small islets Storön and Rödkallen on the central Norrland coast had a night minimum at on July, 26.〔 The following intense sunshine brought temperatures to in Hökmarksberget in Skellefteå Municipality the following day, with even a marine station going above for the first time ever.〔 As seen in this official picture, temperatures were a lot warmer than usual with daily means being above in most southerly areas, with temperatures approaching such means even far north. Even gloomy mountain areas such as Östersund and Storlien had warm months.〔 Although the temperatures in the mountain ranges topped on average, more significant though was that both locations significantly bettered the July sunshine records. In August the heat wave in the far north got somewhat tempered, but for the first week the heatwave got new proportions in the southern and central parts of Sweden. After a few relatively calm days around a high-pressure system originating in the Baltic states came into the eastern parts of the country on August, 3, ensuring new nationwide high temperatures for the heatwave, although not matching the historic all-time highs. Härsnäs once again tied for warmest in the country with , matching the values from Renbergsvattnet. August, 4, was the hottest day of the year and for a few years before when far inland town Falun recorded ,〔 Other areas got affected by thunderstorms moderating temperatures the same day, but Örebro recorded – the highest temperature in that city for decades, as well as Uppsala setting a new August record with . The highest all-night low was reached on August, 3, on the uninhabitated isolated island of Gotska Sandön with a mere 0.1°C below the nationwide all-time record for warmest low.〔 Following this event, the heat cooled off and August in general was quite normal in terms of temperatures, with plentiful of precipitation. The warm waters surrounding Sweden during the autumn still led to thunderstorms happening as late as early November, something that is highly unusual. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014 Swedish heat wave」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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