Finland entered July in unseasonably chilly temperatures and forecasts are showing no sign of a summer weather comeback any time soon.
This weekend will continue to see unsettled weather conditions, with both showers and sunshine.
Skies in the south will remain mostly clear on Friday, but Saturday will see showers – and maybe even thunderstorms – spread once again towards southern and central areas.
The unseasonably cool temperatures will continue throughout the weekend, hovering between 15-20 degrees Celsius, or even slightly colder than that, according to Yle meteorologist Laura Tuomola.
"In eastern areas, temperatures may drop below 15 degrees in rainy periods," Tuomola said.
Rainy conditions are set to ease by Sunday however, when most areas will see clear skies again.
"There may be a slight risk of showers in the southwest, but it is difficult to forecast them at this stage," Tuomola added.
While clear skies will make a comeback on Sunday, the same cannot be said about warmer temperatures. Temperatures will remain in the 15-to-20-degree range across the country.
The early part of next week is forecast to be similar to Sunday.
"However, we'll be on the warmer side of 20 degrees. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we could see temperatures above 25 in some parts of the country. However, there is no sign of persistent high pressure, so we are not looking at the same kind of heatwave that we saw in June," the meteorologist noted.
Beginning on 12 June, there were 19 consecutive days on which the mercury exceeded 25 degrees somewhere in Finland, with the most hot days in the southern and western areas. The highest reading was 31.6 degrees, measured in the southwestern town of Kankaanpää on 20 June.