Temperature Plummets to Record Low -- Barely
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The temperature in Finland reached a record low for this winter on Thursday. The Finnish Meteorological Institute says the temperature at the Kevo research station in Utsjoki, in northern Lapland, fell to -36.7 degrees Celsius on Thursday morning.
This winter’s previous record low was held by Kuusamo, in northern Finland, where the temperature dropped to -36.6 degrees Celsius last weekend.
On Wednesday night, several locations in Lapland said temperatures plummeted to -35 degrees.
In southern Finland, the town of Lappeenranta holds the record for the most bitterly cold day this year. Last Monday, the temperature there was a freezing -35.5 degrees.
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