2012 |Estonian Environment Agency Weather Services

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Estonian weather events in 2012
Period	Region	Strong anomalies	Observed values and their effects
January	Kihnu Island	high precipitation totals	monthly total 109 mm (376 % of normal)
February first decade	Tartu	very cold	the decadal mean temperature was −20,4 ºC, taking the first place among the coldest years in the 146-year time series of the station
The end of February	Estonia	warmer than normal	Februari 29, absolute maximum temperature 6,1 °C in Heltermaa station
March	Estonia	warmer than normal	monthly mean temperature 0,1 °C (anomaly 2,2 °C )
March	Estonia	high precipitation totals	mean of monthly total 46 mm (155% of normal)
April	Estonia	high precipitation totals	mean of monthly total 58 mm (171% of normal)
May second decade	Väike-Maarja	high precipitation totals	the decadal total 69 mm (404% of decadal normal); monthly total 103 mm ( 258% of normal)
June	Estonia	colder than normal	monthly mean temperature 14,5 °C (anomaly −1,4 °C)
June thrd decade	Heltermaa	high precipitation totals	the third decade precipitation total 69 mm (491% of decadal normal)
July 12	Estonia	severe thunderstorms	many fires
July 7	Nigula (western part of Estonia)	heavy rainfall	103 mm in 24 hours
July 30	Estonia	tornadoes were mentioned in several areas	the strongest of them damaged houses and forest near Põltsamaa town
August fist decade	Sorve	high precipitation totals	74 mm (389% of the normal) during the first ten days of the month
August second decade	Jogeva	high precipitation totals	78 mm (324% of normal) in the second decade
September 27-29	Estonia	severe thunderstorms	wind gusts reached 20 m/s, many significant damages in towns and forests
November	Estonia	warmer than normal especially in the middle of the month	temperature anomaly in the middle of the month 4 °C
November 30	areas in northern Estonia	Heavy snowstorm	affected areas in northern Estonia due to lake-effect
December	Estonia	very cold	especially during the first 20 days (anomaly in some areas up to −5,0 °C)
The Year 2012	Estonia	the wettest in 50 years	the annual mean precipitation was 854 mm (normal for the reference period is 627 mm)

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