”When we came to work today, it was snow”, notes surprised staff at the Norwegian ski resort Strandafjellet in Møre og Romsdal county. Also at Sognefjellshytta in Innlandet county, it snowed during the night to Friday, reports Dagbladet and adds the term "snøsjokk".
But snow in August is not unique in the mountain world, on the contrary, notes professor Nina Kirchner, head of the Tarfala research station. The station is located at 1135 meters above sea level just east of Kebnekaise.
Yes, we have had snow. It is completely normal for us in late August. It is white in the morning, but then the snow usually does not stay, she says.
SMHI still has no records of snowfall and snow depth, but considers it highly likely that new snow has fallen in several places in the Lapland mountains.
We have had really cold air over the country this week and in connection with that, it can absolutely have been snow in the highest terrain of the Lapland mountains, says meteorologist Max Schildt at SMHI.
On the other hand, SMHI has found that there is a meteorological autumn in many places in the mountain range. Meteorological autumn means that the daily mean temperature is lower than ten plus degrees for five days in a row.
