After an unusually warm June, Norway’s July summer holidays got off to an extremely chilly start over the weekend. Strong winds, heavy rain, hail and even some snow caught many tourists by surprise. Slippery roads and as much as 30 centimeters of snow in the mountains prompted warnings from state highway officials that motorists shouldn’t […]
Summer weather sets in at last
May 25, 2020
After a chilly weekend and a fair amount of rain, Southern Norway was joining the north in welcoming summer weather this week. It’s expected to last at least through the upcoming pinse holiday weekend. Thermometers were already rising from Kristiansand in the south to Kirkenes in the north. “Many places will be well over 15C […]
More snow boosts flood warnings
May 12, 2020
The weather this week has been nothing like the “mild May” conditions Norwegians like to sing about. Road authorities were warning motorists on Tuesday against driving over the mountains without winter tires, and to brace for floods later this spring. There’s rarely been so much snow in Northern Norway, and the mountains are still full […]
Storm kept police busy, warmer days on the way
April 14, 2020
Police and emergency crews all over Norway took in lots of calls for help as Easter weekend storms toppled trees and tore down power lines. State meteorologists promise, however, that much better weather is on the way. More than 65,000 households were without electricity on Monday in the new county Innlandet alone. It combines the […]
New storm warnings posted
April 12, 2020
Yet another late-winter storm was wreaking havoc from north to south on Easter Sunday, and Monday could be worse. “Now there’s even more reason to just stay home,” commented one state meteorologist. Police urged residents to secure all loose objects and to refrain from driving over the mountains of Southern Norway and, not least in […]
Storms cut power to thousands
April 2, 2020
Norway’s state meteorologic institute sent out warnings on Thursday of powerful winds over much of the southeast (Østlandet) and the Agder counties. The stormy weather had left more than 4,000 households and busineesses without power as of early afternoon. It wasn’t only in Northern Norway that stormy weather was causing problems. Newspaper Aftenposten reported that […]
Warmest winter in 120 years
March 4, 2020
Norway’s winter of 2019-2020 has been the warmest since Norwegian officials started recording temperatures in 1900. They averaged 4.5 degrees higher than normal, and the winter was also the among the wettest ever. All regions with the exception of Northern Norway set records for winter warmth, reports news bureau NTB. The lighthouse at Ytterøyane in […]
Thousands finally can head home from holidays
February 24, 2020
Sandstorms that closed the airport at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands over the weekend finally abated enough on Monday to allow it to reopen. Both Norwegian Air and SAS were sending extra aircraft to the popular holiday island of Gran Canaria, to bring home stranded passengers. All aircraft were subject to techncial and safety […]
Storms, snow stranded travelers
February 24, 2020
Volunteers from the Red Cross helped dig out a train from Oslo after it rolled right into massive snowdrifts from an avalanche while on its way to Bergen over the weekend. Everyone on board had to spend the night stuck in the snow even though they weren’t far from the Upsete Station. Snowstorms throughout the […]
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