Weather events

Estonian weather events in 2019 (normal for period 1981-2010)
Period	Region	Strong anomalies	Observed values and their effects
Winter – December(2018), January, February, 2019	Estonia	warmer than normal	the three-month mean temperature –1,7 ºC (normal –3,3 ºC)
Winter – December(2018), January, February, 2019	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	129 mm (normal 138 mm)
Spring – March, April, May, 2019	Estonia	warmer than normal	the three-month mean temperature 6,1 ºC (normal 4,6 ºC) the 8^th warmest spring since 1961
Spring – March, April, May, 2019	Estonia	precipitation total exactly as normal	110 mm (normal 110 mm)
Spring – March, April, May, 2019	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	707 hours (normal 597 hours) the 8^th place sunniest since 1961
Summer – June, July, August, 2019	Estonia	warmer than normal	the three-month mean temperature 16,8 °C (anomaly +0,8 °C)
Summer – June, July, August, 2019	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	171 mm (77% of normal) the 18^th place from the drier years since 1961
Summer – June, July, August, 2019	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	882 hours (normal 790 hours) the 10^th place sunniest since 1961
Autumn – September, October, November, 2019	Estonia	warmer than normal	the three-month mean temperature 7,7 ºC (normal 6,5 ºC) the10^th-12^th warmest autumn since 1961
Autumn – September, October, November, 2019	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	241 mm (normal 201 mm) the 12^th place from wettest years since 1961
Autumn – September, October, November, 2019	Estonia	low values of sunshine duration	263 hours (normal 267 hours)
January	Estonia	slightly cooler than normal	the monthly mean temperature −4,1 °C (anomaly −0,6 °C)
January	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	54 mm (108% of normal)
February	Estonia	warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature +0,2 °C (anomaly +4,7 °C) the 7^th place since 1961
February	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	37 mm (107% of normal)
February	Pärnu	very warm	the monthly mean temperature 0,0 °C (anomaly +4,5 °C) the 7^th-8^th place since 1842
February, second decade	Estonia	very warm	+1,1 °C (anomaly +5,5 °C) the 1^st place since 1961
February, second decade	Tartu	very warm	+1,0 °C (anomaly +6,2 °C) the 3rd place since 1866
February, second decade	Vilsandi	very warm	+2,2 °C (anomaly +4,0 °C) the 4^th-5^th place since 1866
February, second decade	Tallinn	very warm	+1,2 °C (anomaly +5,4 °C) the 2^nd-3^rd place since 1883
March	Estonia	warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature +1,1 °C (anomaly +2,2 °C)
March	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	57 mm (153% of normal) the 4^th-5^th place since 1961
March	Vilsandi	precipitation total higher than normal	77 mm (228% of the month’s normal) the 1^st place since 1899
April	Estonia	warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature 6,8 °C (anomaly +2,2 °C) the 2^nd-3^rd place since 1961
April	Estonia	very low precipitation total	4 mm (14% of normal)
April	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	307 hours (159 % of normal) the 1^st place since 1961
May 2^nd-4^th	Estonia	unexpected snowfall	it was snowing in some places during these three days in May, which is unusual at this time
May	Estonia	warmer than normal	10,6 °C (anomaly +0,2°C)
May	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	49 mm (117% of normal)
May	Estonia	lower values of sunshine duration (slightly less than normal)	266 hours (96% of normal)
June	Estonia	June was warmer than July (it is unusal case in Estonia)	the monthly mean temperature 17,5 °C (anomaly +3,1 °C), since 1961 June has been warmer than July only in seven years
June, first decade	Estonia	heat wave	the maximum air temperature rose in many places to 30 °C and above
June	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	53 mm (77% of normal)
June	Ruhnu Island	variable in precipitation – high precipitation total	134 mm in Ruhnu (226% of normal), there has not been such wet June (in Ruhnu station) since 1906
June	Ristna Island	variable in precipitation – low precipitation total	Ristna 18 mm (39% of normal)
June, 13	Estonia	heavy tunderstorm, heavy rain and strong winds	heavy rain caused floods in many places
July	Estonia	cooler than normal	the monthly mean temperature 16,4 °C (anomaly –1,0 °C)
July	Estonia	precipitation total lower than normal	68 mm (95% of normal)
July, 16	Tallinn	heavy rain	floods in Tallinn
July, 22	Kuressaare	heavy rain	floods in Kuressaare
July	Estonia	sunshine duration hours close to normal	285 hours (99% of normal)
August	Estonia	slightly warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature 16,6 °C (anomaly +0,2 °C)
August, third decade	Estonia	very warm	17,6 °C (anomaly +1,5 °C) the 4^th place since 1961
August, 8	Tallinn	heavy rain	floods in Tallinn
August, 7	Kuressaare	heavy rain	floods in Kuressaare
August, 12	Võru	heavy rain	floods in Võru
September	Estonia	slightly warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature 12,3 °C (anomaly +0,8 °C).
September, third decade	Estonia	cooler than normal and earliest snowfall in Estonia	it was snowing in some places, this is the earliest snowfall in Estonia
September	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	83 mm (130% of normal)
September	Ruhnu Island	variable in precipitation – low precipitation total	39 mm (66% of normal)
September	Ristna Island	variable in precipitation – high precipitation total	161 mm (260% of normal), for Ristna station the wettest September since 1922
October	Estonia	warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature 7,5 °C (anomaly +0,8 °C).
October	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	105 mm (142% of normal) the 8^th place among wettest years since 1961
October, 27	Estonia	strong storm	damage to the forests, parks and houses, the trees broke down due to heavy storm, which caused power and communication outages – major blackouts lasted many days
October, 27	Võru	the strongest storm in the last 50 years for Võru station, south-eastern Estonia suffered more from the storm	the strongest wind gusts in Võru (10 min maximum) 26,1 m/s, one person killed by a falling tree
November	Estonia	warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature 3,4 °C (anomaly +2,0 °C)
November, second decade	Estonia	very warm	the monthly mean temperature 5,9 °C (anomaly +4,6 °C) the 1^st place since 1961
November, second decade	Vilsandi	very warm	6,9 °C (anomaly +3,1 °C) the 8^th-11^th place since 1866
November, second decade	Tõravere	very warm	6,0 °C (anomaly +5,7 °C) the 1^st place since 1866
November, second decade	Sõrve	very warm	7,5 °C (anomaly +3,5 °C) the 2^nd-3^rd place since 1901
November, second decade	Tallinn	very warm	5,4 °C (anomaly +4,2 °C) the 2^nd place since 1883
November	Estonia	precipitation total higher than normal	53 mm (84% of normal)
December	Estonia	warmer than normal	the monthly mean temperature +2,6 ºC (anomaly +4,6 ºC) the 3^rd place since 1961
December	Estonia	very warm	warm December was exceptional for all stations – all had the monthly mean temperature anomaly +3,0 °C or more
December	Estonia	precipitation total slightly higher than normal	58 mm (109% of normal)
The year 2019	Estonia	warmer than normal	the annual mean temperature 7,6 ºC (normal 6,0 ºC) the 1^st-2^nd place since 1961 (only in 2015, the annual mean also 7,6 ºC)
	Estonia	precipitation total very close to normal	the annual precipitation amount 671 mm (normal 672 mm) the 22^th place since 1961
	Estonia	high values of sunshine duration	the mean annual sunshine duration 1972 hours (normal 1766 hours) the 9^th place since 1961

Estonian weather events in 2019 (normal for period 1981-2010)