Finland set a new record in May by recording 15 “unusual” days where temperatures exceeded the country’s official heatwave threshold, the Meteorological Institute said.

For 15 days, temperatures exceeded 25 degrees Celsius in the country.

The previous record in Finland it was noted in 2018, when for 14 days the thermometers showed more than 25 degrees Celsius.

“It is very unusual that we already have so many warm days in MayMika Radtanen, a climatology researcher at the Meteorological Institute of Finland.

According to him, temperatures are expected to remain above 25 degrees Celsius until the end of the month tomorrow, which will equate to a total of 16 hot days in May.

As Radtanen estimates, the unusually high temperatures, about 10 degrees Celsius above average for a month in May, could be a sign that a hot summer is on the way, increasing the risk of wildfires and drought.

“The unusually warm month of May 2018 turned out to be a harbinger of a very hot summer“, he emphasized.

Mika Radtanen also warned that extreme weather events, such as heat waves around the world, “they will worsen as long as we continue to emit greenhouse gases».