Finland's record for the largest number of 'hot' days was broken on Thursday after temperatures breached the official 'heatwave' threshold of 25 degrees Celsius for the 66th time this year.
The previous record of 65 hot days was reached in 2002, according to Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) statistics.
Temperatures breached the 25-degree mark at three weather stations in southern areas at around 11:50 am.
In Porvoo, on the south coast, the temperature reached 25.4 degrees, while the thermometer read 25.3 degrees in Salo, Southwest Finland. Meanwhile, the temperature was 25.1 degrees in Kimito on the southwestern coast.
The FMI began compiling comparable heat statistics in 1961.
Conditions in Finland are expected to cool off somewhat as the weekend approaches, but the forecast calls for 25-degree temperatures in some areas on Friday and it's possible that could continue on Saturday.
In July temperatures in Finland were higher than normal, with central and northern parts of the country being "exceptionally warm", the FMI reported at the time.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the average global temperature in July was 16.91 degrees, which is just 0.04 degrees lower than the hottest month on record — June 2023.
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