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Salla in Lapland and Taivalkoski in Ostrobothnia saw temperatures just slightly above those at Kiutaköngäs. The Meteorological Institute is forecasting the severe cold to last until after the weekend. The cold weather is delaying trains today, especially in the capital region.

YLE meteorologist Henri Nyman expects the -40 degree barrier to be broken before the weekend in one of Finland’s north-eastern cold spots.

The all-time cold record in Finland stands at -51.1 degrees, which was recorded in Poka, some 80 kilometres south of Kittilä, in 1999.