2018 |Estonian Environment Agency Weather Services

Weather events

Estonian weather events in 2018 (normal for period 1981-2010)
Period	Region	Strong anomalies	Observed values and their effects
Winter – December(2017), January, February, 2018	Estonia	warmer than normal	the three-month mean temperature –2,4 °C (normal –3,3 °C)
Winter – December(2017), January, February, 2018	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	the three-month precipitation total 133 mm (normal 138 mm)
Spring – March, April, May, 2018	Estonia	warmer than normal	the three-month mean temperature 5,6 °C (normal 4,6 °C) the 11th warmest spring since 1961
Spring – March, April, May, 2018	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	the three-month precipitation total 78 mm (normal 110 mm) the 5th place driest since 1961
Spring – March, April, May, 2018	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	the three-month mean sunshine 774 hours (normal 597 hours) the 2nd place sunniest since 1961
Summer – June, July, August, 2018	Estonia	very warm	the three-month mean temperature 17,8 °C (anomaly 1,8 °C) the 4th-5th place since 1961
Summer – June, July, August, 2018	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	the three-month precipitation total 149 mm (67% of normal) the 10th place from the drier years since 1961
Summer – June, July, August, 2018	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	the three-month mean sunshine 875 hours (normal 790 hours) the 10th place sunniest since
July, 12 until to August, 5	Estonia	heat waves in many palces	the maximum temperature 25 °C and above, the maximum temperature rose even to 30 °C and above for two to eight consecutive days
July, 26 until to August, 2	Lääne-Nigula	heat wave	the maximum temperature 30 °C or more consecutively eight days – it is extraordinarily long period for Estonia
Autumn – September, October, November, 2018	Estonia	warmer than normal	the three-month mean temperature 8,5 °C (normal 6,5 °C) the 4th warmest autumn since 1961
Autumn – September, October, November, 2018	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	the three-month precipitation total 185 mm (normal 201 mm)
Autumn – September, October, November, 2018	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	the three-month mean sunshine 313 hours (normal 267 hours)
January	Estonia	warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature –1,5 °C (anomaly 2,0 °C)
January	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	35 mm (70% of normal)
February	Estonia	cooler than normal	the monthly mean temperature –6,9 °C (anomaly –2,4 °C)
February, third decade	Estonia	cooler than normal	−13,2 °C (anomaly −9,1 °C) the 2nd place since 1961
February, third decade	Tartu	cooler than normal	−15,3 °C (anomaly −10,7 °C) the 1st place since 1866
February, third decade	Viljandi	cooler than normal	−14,9 °C (anomaly −10,4 °C) the 1st place since 1920
February, third decade	Võru	cooler than normal	−15,9 °C (anomaly −11,7 °C) the 1st place since 1920
February, third decade	Valga	cooler than normal	−15,6 °C (anomaly −11,3 °C) the 1st place since 1942
February, third decade	Jõhvi	cooler than normal	−14,8 °C (anomaly −9,4 °C) the 1st place from the beginning of the station since 1959
February, third decade	Väike-Maarja	cooler than normal	−15,0 °C (anomaly −9,4 °C) 1st place since 1963
February	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	22 mm (61% of normal)
March	Estonia	cooler than normal	the monthly mean temperature −3,3 °C (anomaly −2,2 ºC)
March	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	19 mm (52% of normal)
April	Estonia	warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature 5,7 °C (anomaly 1,1 °C)
April	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	41 mm (132% of normal)
May	Estonia	very warm	14,4 °C (anomaly 4,0 °C ) the 1st place since 1960
May	Tallinn	very warm	14,4 °C (anomaly 4,3 °C) the warmest since 1883
May	Vilsandi	very warm	13,3 °C (anomaly 3,9 °C) the warmest may since 1866
May	Estonia	very low precipitation total	17 mm (41% of normal) the 7th place since 1961
May	Jõhvi	very low precipitation total	7 mm (15% of normal) the 2nd place since 1926
May	Tiirikoja	very low precipitation total	7 mm (14% of normal) the 1st-2nd place since 1929
May	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	408 hours (148% of normal) the 1st place since 1961
June	Estonia	warmer than normal	15,1 °C (anomaly 0,7 °C)
June	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	42 mm (61% of normal)
June, 22	Tallinn	heavy rainfall	floods in Tallinn
July	Estonia	warmer than normal	19,9 °C (anomaly 2,5 °C) the 4th-5th place since 1961
July, second decade	Estonia	very warm	21,4 °C (anomaly 3,7 °C) the 2nd place since 1961
July, third decade	Estonia	very warm	22,9 °C (anomaly 5,3 °C) the 1^st place since 1961
July	Estonia	very low precipitation total	25 mm (35% of normal) the 4^th place since 1961
July, 14	Pärnu	heavy rainfall	floods in Pärnu
July, 30	Estonia	thunderstorm	damage to trees
August	Estonia	very warm	18,3 °C (anomaly 2,0 °C) the 4th place since 1961
August	Vilsandi	very warm	19,6 °C (anomaly 2,4 °C the 4th place since 1866
August	Tallinn	very warm	18,2 °C (anomaly 2,2 °C) the 5th place since 1883
August	Tartu	very warm	18,5 °C (anomaly 2,3 °C) the 6th place since 1866
August	Kunda (north-eastern part of the country)	variable in precipitation – low precipitation total	38 mm (46% of normal)
August	Võru (south-eastern part of the country, distance between Kunda and Võru about 216 km)	variable in precipitation – high precipitation total	128 mm in Võru (149% of normal)
August, 4	Jõgeva	heavy rainfall	floods in Jõgeva
August, 24	Kihnu Island	thunderstorm	damage to houses
September, first decade	Estonia	very warm	17,3 °C (anomaly 4,1 °C) the 2nd place since 1961
September, first decade	Tallinn	very warm	17,3 °C (anomaly 4,4 °C) the 3rd place since 1883
September, first decade	Tartu	very warm	17,6 °C (anomaly 4,8 °C) the 3rd place since 1866
September, second decade	Estonia	very warm	14,8 °C (anomaly 3,6 °C) the 2^nd place since 1961
September, second decade	Vilsandi	very warm	16,4 °C (anomaly 3,5 °C ) the 3rd place since 1866
September	Estonia	very warm	14,2 °C (anomaly 2,7 °C)
September	Tallinn	very warm	14,0 °C (anomaly 2,7 °C) the 5th place since 1883
September	Tartu	very warm	14,0 °C (anomaly 3,0 °C) the 4th place since 1866
September	Vilsandi	very warm	15,6 °C (anomaly 2,5 °C) the 3rd place since 1866
September	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	84 mm (131% of normal)
October	Estonia	warmer than normal	7,8 °C (anomaly 1,1 °C).
October	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	77 mm (104% of normal).
November	Estonia	warmer than normal	3,5 °C (anomaly 2,1 °C)
November	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	24 mm (37% of normal) the 2nd place since 1961
November	Sõrve	precipitation total lower than normal	12 mm (18% of normal) the 2nd place since 1886
November	Pärnu	precipitation total lower than normal	18 mm (24% of normal) the 9th place since 1878
November	Tartu	precipitation total lower than normal	20 mm (38% of normal) the 12th place since 1866
December	Estonia	warmer than normal	–2.4 °C (anomaly 0,6 °C)
December	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	38 mm (71% of normal)
December	Estonia	very low values of sunshine duration	7 hours (34% of normal) the 2nd place since 1961
December	Tartu	very low values of sunshine duration	2 hours (only 8% of normal) the 2nd place since 1950
The year 2018	Estonia	warmer than normal	7,1 °C (normal 6,0 °C) the 5th-6th place since 1961
	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	506 mm (normal 672 mm) the 4th place since 1961
	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	2070 hours (normal 1766 hours) the 3rd place since 1961

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