This is what the weather will be like in February – few hours of sunshine in January

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This is what the weather will be like in February

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January has been a really dark month in Sweden.

But don’t despair – because now the sun is here to stay.

– The sun will only get stronger and stronger from now on, says Mikael Luhr, meteorologist at Klart.

Sun, sun, absent sun.

The Swedes have had very few hours of sunshine during the first month of the year. Anyone who managed to capture Kiruna’s paltry four or Luleå’s seven hours of sunshine should count themselves lucky.

– There have been relatively few hours of sunshine throughout the country in January. Significantly fewer if you compare with what is normal, says Mikael Luhr, meteorologist at Klart.

There has been a drought there

Stockholm has received significantly more hours of sunshine with its 21 hours, but Hoburg on Gotland and northern Öland have received the most with their 43 and 35 glorious hours respectively.

– Contributing factors to the fact that they had the most sun probably have to do with the fact that it was often quite windy at the same time as the area of ​​rain decreased there. The cloud cover has then thinned after they passed the mainland and moved on over the Baltic Sea.

full screen Mikael Luhr on Klart. Photo: Björn Lindahl

The places that have received the fewest hours of sunshine so far, in relation to normal, are along the west coast, the inner parts of Götaland and down across Skåne.

– It is the weather that determines where the sun shines. At low pressure, a lot of clouds form and now in January the sun is very weak. This means that the sun is unable to dissolve the clouds, says Mikael Luhr.

In February, it changes

The sun will from now on be stronger, which will mean that the number of hours of sunshine will increase in several parts of the country, according to Mikael Luhr.

Compared to last week, there may be a full hour of daylight in Kiruna – while in, for example, the southern half of the country, you can hope for 25 to 45 extra shining minutes at most.

full screen Kiruna, here on January 12, has only had four hours of sunshine so far this year. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT

– We are past the darkest period.

If I want to take my car and drive to the sunniest place in Sweden – where should I drive?

– Next week you can go to the southern parts of the Norrland coast. It is more difficult to make a forecast for February. But I would say that you can take the car to somewhere between Sundsvall and Örnsköldsvik, says Mikael Luhr.

Facts

This is how many sunshine hours have been measured at Swedish measuring stations

  • Tarfala has so far had 4 hours of sunshine.
  • Luleå has had 7 hours of sunshine so far.
  • Umeå has so far had 27 hours of sunshine.
  • Storlien has so far had 20 hours of sunshine
  • Östersund has so far had 25 hours of sunshine.
  • Borlänge has had 34 hours of sunshine so far.
  • Stockholm has so far had 21 hours of sunshine.
  • The Swedish mounds have so far had 23 hours of sunshine.
  • Karlstad has so far had 28 hours of sunshine.
  • Visby has so far had 29 hours of sunshine.
  • Hoburg has had 43 hours of sunshine so far.
  • Norrköping has had 22 hours of sunshine so far.
  • Öland’s northern cape has so far had 35 hours of sunshine.
  • Växjö has had 10 hours of sunshine so far.
  • Nordkoster has had 14 hours of sunshine so far.
  • Karlskrona has had 27 hours of sunshine so far.
  • Gothenburg has so far had 8 hours of sunshine.
  • Lund has had 12 hours of sunshine so far.

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