Thousands of households and holiday homes experienced frequent and lengthy power failures this week, after lots of heavy wet snow fell all over southeastern Norway. More than 60 homes in Østre Toten were without electricity for 44 hours, while romjul holidays were spoiled for lots of those taking time off at holiday cabins. That’s because […]
Holiday sunshine before ‘jul deluge’
December 27, 2020
PHOTO FEATURE: Frosty weather and low December sunshine splashed briefly over southern Norway on the Christmas Day holiday, before being washed away by heavy wet snow that turned into more pouring rain. The sunny interlude prompted some brave souls to jump into the Oslo Fjord for a brisk “julevasken” (Christmas bathing). The first sunshine in […]
Rare sunshine turned to slippery snow
December 26, 2020
After weeks of rain throughout most of December, the sun finally came out on both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in much of Southern Norway. It all turned into heavy snow and more rain on Saturday, though, making roads and highways hazardous. Police all over Østlandet and in the mountain regions were issuing warnings Saturday […]
New warmth records set in November
December 2, 2020
It’s never been so warm in Norway’s coastal town of Arendal in November as it was last month. State meteorologists registered warmth records elsewhere in the country as well, but the average temperature of 8.3C at Arendal’s Torungen Lighthouse was the highest since registration began in 1867. Other records were set on the island of […]
Storms stirred up lots of trouble
November 19, 2020
Strong winds, lots of snow and slick roads have caused problems all over Trøndelag and along the West Coast, and sent unusually warm temperatures plummeting. Trucks overturned several places and one even slid into a man’s home office in Malvik. As much as 40 centimeters of snow fell in the mountains, especially in Møre og […]
Unusual warmth enveloped Norway
November 6, 2020
After a week with the Corona crisis raging, personal freedoms limited and Norwegians fixated on the wildly dramatic presidential election in the US, nothing seemed to be as it should. The feeling was compounded on Friday, when summer-like temperatures were reported in early November. The seasonally low-lying sun was shining over most of Southern Norway, […]
Storm cut Norway in half
September 21, 2020
The powerful remains of the tropical storm dubbed Sally slammed into Northern Norway on Monday, flooding the E6 highway at Rana to such an extent that no vehicles could cross over it. Since the highway runs from the Swedish border in the south all the way to the Russian border in the north, that effectively […]
Strong winds caused injuries
September 16, 2020
Strong winds and especially powerful gusts caused damage and even some injuries around southeastern Norway on Wednesday. Trees were blown down and hit passersby both in the park around the Royal Palace in Oslo and near the Frogner Park. Dronningparken (The Queen’s Park) was closed by police Wednesday afternoon, not least after a man walking […]
Storm grounds oil rig helicopters
August 21, 2020
Another major late summer storm halted most helicopter traffic beween Norway’s West Coast and its oil rigs in the North Sea on Friday. State meteorologists were also warning of flooding because of all the heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning. Morten Eek, spokesman for state oil company Equinor’s offshore installations, reported up to 300 […]
Summer to return after heavy rain
August 12, 2020
The past few days of sunny and warm summer weather in much of Norway was due to be interrupted on Thursday afternoon by a freak storm rolling in from England, warned state meteorologists. They advised against planning to grill dinner outdoors. State weather officials sent out a warning for strong winds, pouring rain, thunder, lightning and […]
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