“early snow was also seen in 1986 when the ground was cloaked in white on the last day of August.”

Wasn’t the winter of 1986/1987, the coldest winter for many, many years, when the average temperature in January was like minus 20 something?

You can find photos from here:

http://www.kaleva.fi/plus/galleria_popup/index.cfm?g=1389

Finnish summer sucks. Especially when my holiday misses the sun alltogheter.

A question:

What is a good brand of gloves to keep my fingers warm this frigging winter? Does anyone have any suggestions of super-warm gloves for even minus 30 C temperatures?

They can be libertarian gloves or kotimainen or welfare statist, it doesn’t matter.

And where can I buy them?

Peter, don’t worry about it. Man made global warming is upon us so just sit back and get ready for the sun screen. Forget the gloves already………

Peter,
I had used Columbia gloves that were nylon covered and packed full of insulation. Thosed worked well.

If you really want to maximize warm, then I suggest mittens. Have a nice Finn knitt you up a pair. They really work. Just have her use really manly colors.

Actually, I guess I need to find my Finland gear. I ‘ll be headed there in October for a couple weeks. Guess a barbeque is out of the question.

The current cold weather is caused by the fact that there is a high pressure system sitting right west of the UK, spinning air clockwise, and a low pressure system right east of Finland, spinning air counter-clockwise. The result is that it’s constantly winding from the north, and has been for many days.

A similar relative positions of high and low pressures caused snowfall in Southern Florida all the way down in Miami-Dade County in January 1979!

Use “huovutetut” (felt?) mittens. You know the ones that have been knit too big and then soaked in a washing machine to pack the wool extra tight.

see: http://katio.vuodatus.net/blog/265685

#7- Can you give me the forecast for the second weekend of October please? I have my annual fishing trip away off the Turku coast and want to know what I should pack………

Someone mentioned it’ll come back and will be rather warm in september and october. Don’t give up hope yet. And break out the nooses ? Jeez, we all know you’re cynical but that’s pretty harsh, lol Get a brightlamp and use those couple of weeks of vaca-time to get into the sun. Keep your D-vitamins levels healthy and you rarely feel like ending your life.