Weather events
Estonian weather events in 2016 (normal for period 1961-1990) |
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| Period | Region | Strong anomalies | Observed values and their effects |
| Winter – December (2015), January, February, 2016 | Estonia | unusally warm | the three-month mean temperature −1,2 ºC (normal −4,7 ºC) |
| Winter – December (2015), January, February, 2016 | Estonia | high precipitation total | the three-month precipitation total 180 mm (normal 117 mm) – the 4th place since 1961 |
| Spring – March, April, May, 2016 | Estonia | very warm | the three-month mean temperature 6,2 ºC (normal 3,7 ºC) – the 6th place since 1961 |
| Summer – June, July, August, 2016 | Estonia | warmer than normal | the mean temperature of the three months 16,5 ºC (normal 15,4 °C) |
| Summer – June, July, August, 2016 | Estonia | very high precipitation total | the three-month precipitation total 317 mm (157% of normal) – the 2nd place since 1961 |
| Autumn – September, October, November, 2016 | Estonia | low precipitation total | 137 mm (68% of normal) – the 6th place since 1961 |
| February | Estonia | unusally warm | 0,7 °C (anomaly 6,4 °C) – the 4th place since 1961 |
| February | Estonia | high precipitation total | 69 mm (247% of normal) |
| February | Pärnu | high precipitation total | 103 mm (335% of normal); wettest February in Pärnu since 1878 |
| February, 18 | Estonia | freezing rain | many road accidents |
| March | Estonia | warmer than normal | the monthly mean temperature 0,3 ºC (normal −2,1 ºC) |
| March | Estonia | low precipitation total | 20 mm (66% of normal) |
| April | Estonia | unusally warm | the monthly mean temperature 5,3 ºC (normal 3,4 ºC) |
| April | Estonia | high precipitation total | 46 mm (138% of normal) |
| May | Estonia | relatively high numbers of sunshine hours | 375 hours (141% of normal) taking the 2nd place since 1961 |
| May | Estonia | unusally warm | the monthly mean temperature was 13,1 ºC (normal 9,8 ºC) – the 2nd place since 1961 |
| May | Estonia | low precipitation total | 16 mm (41% of normal) – the 3rd-4th place since 1961 |
| May | Võru | low precipitation total | 3 mm (6% of normal) the driest May since 1912 |
| May | Tartu-Tõravere | low precipitation total | 2 mm (4% of normal) the 1st-2nd place since 1961 |
| June | Estonia | high precipitation total | 107 mm (210% of normal) the 3rd place since 1961 |
| June | Tartu-Tõravere | high precipitation total | 206 mm (333% of normal) – the wettest since 1866, heavy rain caused floods in some places |
| June, 6 | Jogeva County | extraordinalrily late snowfall (basically sleet and snow pellets) | - |
| June, 21 | Tartu-Tõravere | heavy rainfall | 51 mm in two hours (82% of the monthly normal) |
| June, 2 | Viljandi County | a strong dust devil | a child was picked up by dust devil and lifted up about 1 meter, nobody was seriously injured |
| July | Estonia | warmer than normal | 17,8 ºC (normal 16,4 ºC) |
| July | Estonia | high precipitation total | 79 mm (108% of normal), heavy rain caused floods in some cities |
| July, 3 | South-Estonia | severe thunderstorm | significant damages in the forests |
| July, 15 | Vändra parish (south-western part of the country) | weak tornado | - |
| August | Estonia | precipitation total higher than normal | 131 mm (167% of normal) |
| August | Pakri | low precipitation total | 49 mm (71% of normal) |
| August | Narva | high precipitation total | 202 mm (235% of normal) |
| September | Estonia | low precipitation total | 28 mm (38% of normal)the 2nd-4th place since 1961 |
| September | Estonia | warmer than normal | 13,2 ºC (normal 11,1 ºC) |
| October | Estonia | cooler than normal | 5,1 ºC (normal 6,5 ºC) |
| October | Estonia | low precipitation total | 39 mm (59% of normal) |
| November | Estonia | cooler than normal | 0,1 ºC (normal 1,4 ºC) |
| November, first decade | Estonia | particularly low decade’s mean temaperature | −2,7 ºC (anomaly −5,9 ºC), the coldest since 1961 |
| December | Estonia | unusally warm | +0,8 ºC (normal −2,8 ºC) |
| December, third decade | Estonia | unusally warm | 3,0 ºC (anomaly 6,6 ºC) |
| December | Estonia | low precipitation total | 28 mm (54% of normal) |
| December, 31 | Estonia | extraordinarily warm day | maximum temperatures reached 5,0…7,0 °C – the warmest last day of the year in many stations since 1919 |
| The year 2016 | Estonia | high annual mean temperature | the annual mean tempearture was 6,8 ºC (normal 5,2 ºC) |
| Estonia | precipitation total higher than normal | 691 mm (110% of normal) | |