AboutJim Coll Expertise I am an expert in traveling in Finland. I am especially interested in Lapland, nature and different activities. I also have a collection of hundreads of Finland internet links. Everyone seeking for good links should contact me.
Experience I am the manager of a free club named Finland Travel Club: http://groups.msn.com/FinlandTravelClub
Expert: Jim Coll Date: 1/21/2008 Subject: to know the weather
Question QUESTION: I AM TRAVELLING TO FINLAND ON 15FEB PLZ TELL ME THE WEATHER OF FINLAND IN MID FEB IS IT EXTREMELY COLD OR PLEASENT WEATHER.
ANSWER: Dear Gurpreet,
Greetings from Finland.
I collected some weather statistics for you about Helsinki, the capital of Finland (Southern Finland), in February:
Mean temperature -6 degrees Celsius (+22 F)
Max temperature +5 degrees Celsius (+40 F)
Min temperature -22 degrees Celsius (-9 F)
The weather is colder in Central and Northern Finland.
The weather may be very variable in February, depending on low pressures and high pressures. It may be quite warm (over the freezing point) or very cold (colder than -20 degrees Celsius). Usually the temperature is between 0 and -10 degrees Celsius. It may be sunny or it may be snowing or raining.
At least so far this winter 2007-2008 has been warm. Last year (2007) we had both a cold season and a warmer season with snowing in February.
Foreca (local forecast for Finland and World Weather for other countries for 6 days): http://www.foreca.com
Foreca Finland (Täsmää = Spot weather forecast for Finnish locations, Havainnot = Weather observations, Valitse paikka = Choose a place, Aurinko nousee = Sunrise, Aurinko laskee = Sunset, Päivän pituus = Day length): http://www.foreca.fi
Don't hesitate to contact me if you have more questions.
Welcome to Finland!
With very best regards,
Jim
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QUESTION: which are the places we can see in this type of climate.
Answer Hi again,
The Finnish climate is quite similar to the climate in Scandinavia, Canada and Central Russia.
What are the best places in Finland to visit in February?
It depends totally on it what you want to do. What are you interested in?
Lapland (e.g. the city of Rovaniemi) is the best place if you want to have guaranteed winter activities: snowmobile safaris, reindeer safaris, skiing, snowshoe treks etc. In the city of Kemi you see the world's largest snowcastle and you can take part in arctic icebreaker trips. For more details see http://www.tte.ch/finland/lapland/ , please.
If you don't like the cold weather, I recommend visiting big cities in Southern Finland: Helsinki, Turku, Tampere. There are many interesting indoor activities in these cities, e.g. many museums etc.
You can try icehole swimming in a frozen lake. But if you want to swim in tropical conditions, I recommend spa hotels. We have many spa hotels with very large swimming pool departments and good saunas. Finland is the home country of sauna ( http://groups.msn.com/FinlandTravelClub/sauna.msnw ) and there may be as warm as 80-100 degrees Celsius in a sauna! It is very nice after a cold day outside.
I also recommend a cruise from Helsinki (or Turku) to Stockholm in Sweden. We have very nice, big and warm boats, like hotels on a sea.
