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An intense heat dome has swelled over Scandinavia, pushing temperatures more than 15 degrees above normal and spurring some of the region’s hottest weather ever recorded. Even as far north as the Arctic Circle, the mercury has come close to 32 C.

Normally, temperatures in Scandinavia during July warm to the comfortable 15 C to low 20s range. This week, they have soared into the mid-20s to lower 30s.

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Since Monday, several locations have approached or surpassed their highest temperatures observed any day or month of the year. They include:

In central Norway, Trondheim Airport hit 32.4 C on Monday, an all-time record Snasa hit 31.6 C on Monday, an all-time record Namsos hit 32.4 C Monday, just 0.4 degrees below its all-time record from 2014.

In southern Finland, Turku hit 33.3 C on Tuesday, the highest temperature since 1914 when it reached 35.9 C. Helsinki witnessed one of its hottest two-day periods on record on Sunday and Monday.