Norway: Clouds blocking the sun also brought exceptionally much rain, making this July the wettest in 67 years
Posted by African Press International on August 1, 2007
Never before in recorded history have there been less sunshine in Oslo in July, according to Statistics Norway. Clouds blocking the sun also brought exceptionally much rain, making this July the wettest in 67 years.
Many Norwegians have spent all summer longing for sunshine. PHOTO: HÅKON MOSVOLD LARSEN / SCANPIX |
It has been unusually empty at Oslo’s beaches this summer. Even by Norwegian standards, the month of July was cool, wet and cloudy.
In fact, new figures from Statistics Norway, published Tuesday, show that only once since authorities started measuring rainfall, have there been more July rains in the capital.
A total of 184,8 millimeters of rain fell on the streets of Oslo in July, compared to 197,7 millimeters in the record month of July 1940.
The summer has also been unusually clouded so far. The duration of sunshine in Oslo was as low as 115 hours in the entire month, less than half the average for the month of July, at 246 hours.
But when people in the capital complain about the weather, they easily forget that people in other parts of the country have been worse off. As much as 287 millimeters of rain fell in the mountain ski-resort town of Hemsedal in July. In the town of Hedrum in the county of Vestfold, 258 millimeters of rain fell. That’s 327 per cent more than the average rainfall for this part of Norway in July.
By Kristin Solberg
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