The mercury dropped to -32.2? in Utsjoki on Wednesday." /> The mercury dropped to -32.2? in Utsjoki on Wednesday." />
Finland's northernmost municipality Utsjoki has broken this winter's cold weather record for the second time. The Kevojärvi weather station, located in the village of Kevo in Utsjoki, registered a temperature of -32.2? on Wednesday night.
According to a tweet by Mika Rantanen, a researcher at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, this is the lowest temperature recorded in November in Finland since 2010, when the mercury fell to -34? at the same weather station.
Kevojärvi previously broke this year's low temperature record with -29? on Monday night.
The station also registered Finnish Lapland's highest temperature on record this summer - 33.5? in July - indicating a whopping 65? drop in the past four months.
Wintry weather has hit other parts of Northern Lapland as well, with the mercury dropping well below zero in the villages of Nuorgam (-26?) in the Utsjoki municipality and Kaamanen (-25?) and Nellim (-24?) in Inari.
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