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Estonian weather events in 2013 (normal for period 1961-1990)
Period	Region	Strong anomalies	Observed values and their effects
January	Estonia	close to the normal	Monthly mean temperature −5,1 ºC (+0,4 ºC anomaly)
February	Estonia	warmer than normal	Monthly mean temperature −2,7 ºC (+3,0 ºC anomaly)
March	Estonia	the coldest month of the year 2013	Monthly mean temperature −6,3 ºC (anomaly −4,2 ºC)
March	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	Mean sunshine duration 243 hours ( 192% of the normal)
March	Estonia	low precipitation total	The monthly mean precipitation total 13 mm (normal for the reference period is 30 mm), 43% of the normal – 3rd place since 1961
April, first decade	Estonia	very cold	Mean temperature anomaly −3,0 ºC
May	Võru (southern part of Estonia)	very warm	The monthly mean temperature 15,3 ºC, the second warmest May since 1961
May, 18	Võru	very warm	Maximum temperature reached 30,8 ºC
May	Väike-Maarja (easten part of Estonia)	very warm	The monthly mean temperature 13,7 ºC, the second warmest May since 1961
May, 17	Leisi (Saaremaa Island), another in Raplamaa county	a ball lightning	Rare in so large area
May, 18	Sõrve	heavy rainfall	109,7 mm − 343% of the month normal during 6 hours
May, 18	Hummuli (near Valga)	a tornado	The Enhanced Fujita scale EF1 torando. It damaged houses and trees.
May, 19	Jõhvi	heavy rainfall	40,0 mm during 12 hours
May, 20	Haapsalu	heavy rainfall	65,1 mm during 2 hours
May	Sõrve (Saaremaa Island)	high precipitation totals	137,3 mm – 429% of the monthly normal
June	Estonia	warmer than normal	Monthly mean temperature 17,3 ºC (anomaly 2,8 °C).
July	Estonia	warmer than normal	Monthly mean temperature 17,7 ºC (anomaly 1,3 ºC)
July	Estonia	low precipitation totals	The monthly mean precipitation was 38 mm (52% of normal).
August, ’09	county of Harjumaa	severe thunderstorms	Many fires
August, second decade	Jogeva	heavy rainfall	78 mm − 324% of normal
September, the first 24 days	Estonia	unusually warm	Absolute maximum temperature 23,0 ºC
September, 25	Väike-Maarja, Tartu-Tõravere, Vilsandi	snowfall (pellets, grains)	Earliest data since 1961
October, 28-29	Estonia	severe storms	Significant damages in towns and forests, wind gusts up 33,2 m/s
November	Estonia	unusually warm	Anomaly 3,5 ºC –2^nd place since 1961
December, 2 and 13	northern part of Estonia	severe storms	Wind gusts up to 31,8 m/s, damages
December	Estonia	unusually warm	Anomaly 5,3 ºC, especially the third decade (1^st place since 1866)
The year 2013	Estonia	high annual mean temperature	6,8 ºC (normal 5,2 ºC takes the 7th- 8th place among warmer years since 1961)

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Estonian weather events in 2013 (normal for period 1961-1990)

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