On Sunday around 2.30pm meteorologists in Ylivieska, some 130 kilomtres south of Oulu, recorded a high of 20.5C, breaking the previous October all-time high of 19.4C, recorded in Helsinki in 1985. Kruunupyy, Kuopio, Siikajoki and Kokkola-Pietarsaari also saw a return of summer with thermometers hovering around 20 degrees.
Finland has been experiencing an abnormally warm autumn. On Saturday Vaasa recorded its warmest overnight temperature for October since 1961, with a low of 14.3 degrees Celsius, Henri Nyman from the Finnish Meteorological Institute told Yle.
Continental Europe is experiencing warmer-than-normal temperatures, with southern Sweden seeing all-time high temperatures in the mid-20s this month.
Yle News' podcast this week deals with the unique challenges facing Finland as the planet heats up. Listen here to hear our guests, Outi Haanperä, a lead climate solutions specialist with the state innovation agency Sitra and Hanna Aho, a climate justice expert from Kepa, a development NGO, explain how extreme weather is already affecting domestic food production, most recently during the periods of intense heat last summer.