The Finnish Meteorological Institute is not responsible for the collection of this type of data. For instance The Almanac Office which is run by the University of Helsinki provides the sunrise and sunset times for different cities in Finland.

See also Gaisma website for more information.

You can easily download past weather observations from our website: Download observations

Weather observations are also available in machine-readable, digital format: FMI open data.

If you require more comprehensive statistics or old data that has not been digitized, please contact our Climate services via e-mail. There might be a fee associated with the completion of the request.

The IPCC itself does not conduct new research on climate change; instead, it analyses and compiles existing scientific data. The physical basis of climate change is sound but the impacts of climate change are more difficult to assess. However, individual errors do not invalidate the message of the extensive summary reports: climate change is the most serious challenge facing humankind. The IPCC is – and will remain – the most reliable information source on climate change.

Day-to-day weather forecasts differ from climate change forecasts that extend over decades. Climate research investigates the long-term averages of atmospheric features and their slow changes. The factors affecting atmospheric features differ from the factors affecting the daily weather. For example, climate forecasts take account of greenhouse gas concentrations, which increase year by year and affect the temperature of the whole atmosphere, thereby slowly altering the climatic conditions of large regions.

A good rule of thumb is that 1 centimetre of melted snow equals 1 millimetre of water. Thus, 10 millimetres of rain would correspond to a snowfall of 10 centimetres. In reality, there is some variation depending on the type of snow, but in practice this rule holds with sufficient accuracy.