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Estonian weather events in 2014 (normal for period 1961-1990)
Period	Region	Strong anomalies	Observed values and their effects
January	Estonia	colder than normal	monthly mean temperature −6,3 ºC (anomaly −0,8 ºC )
February	Estonia	warmer than normal	monthly mean temperature −0,2 ºC (anomaly +5,5 ºC)
March	Estonia	warmer than normal	monthly mean temperature 2,1 ºC (anomaly 4,2 ºC)
April	Estonia	relatively high numbers of sunshine hours	the values of sunshine duration were 182-212% of normal during the third part of April
May, 18-26	Estonia	heat wave	warmest day was May 19, daily maximum temperature reached in most places up to 30 ºC and according to location in many places even couple degrees higher than 30 ºC
May, 19	Kunda	very warm	new temperature record for May 33,1 ºC
June	Estonia	colder than normal	monthly mean temperature 13,3 ºC (anomaly −1,3 ºC )
June, 12	Pakri	heavy rainfall	56,7 mm in 24 hours (135% of monthly normal in 24 hours)
June, 17	Estonia	Snow cover and snowfall in June is extraordinary for Estonia	setting a record of the latest snowfall in Estonia
July	Estonia	warmer than normal	monthly mean temperature 19,6 ºC (anomaly 3,2 ºC)
July, 6	Viljandi	heavy rainfall	24,5 mm in 36 minutes
July	Estonia	relatively high numbers of sunshine hours	357 hours (132% of normal) – taking the 5^th place since the year 1961
July, 28	Järvamaa county (situated in central part of the country)	severe thunderstorms	many fires
August	Pärnu	high precipitation totals	a new monthly record − 208 mm (87 mm of precipitation fell in two days)
August, 12	Pärnu	heavy rainfall	43,0 mm in 24 hours
August, 16	Pärnu	heavy rainfall	43,8 mm in 24 hours
August, 3-7	Estonia	heat wave	daily maximum temperature reached in most places up to 30 ºC and according to location in many places even couple degrees higher than 30 ºC
August, 4	Lääne-Nigula (is situated in the western part of the country)	very warm	maximum temperature reached 33,5 ºC
August, 29	Äksi (near Tartu city)	the Enhanced Fujita scale EF1 tornado	the damages is not known; an EF0 tornado will probably damage trees but not substantial structures
Autumn – september, october, november 2014	Estonia	low precipitation totals	the three-month mean sum for the country 96 mm; taking the first place since 1961 (47% of normal precipitation).
September	Estonia	relatively high numbers of sunshine hours	the mean monthly sunshine 210 hours, taking the 2^nd place since 1961
September	Estonia	low precipitation totals	the monthly mean precipitation was 31 mm, taking the 4th place since 1961
November	Estonia	unusually warm	the monthly mean temperature 2,4 ºC (anomaly 1,0 ºC)
December	Estonia	warmer than normal	monthly mean temperature −0,1ºC (anomaly +2,7ºC)
December, 13	western part of Estonia	strong storm	wind gusts reached 38,6 m/s
The year 2014	Estonia	high annual mean temperature	the annual mean temperature was 7,1 ºC (normal for the reference period is 5,2 ºC) taking the 4th place among warmer years since 1961

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