Thursday, 15 January 2026

It's been a snowy week in Europe

Last week, almost eighty percent of Europe was covered in snow. Widespread heavy snowfall like this has not been seen across the continent since 2012. In Estonia, the temperature dropped to a low -28C in Simuna on January 8 and up north in Lapland it was a very chilly -42C on that day. The first three months of the year tend to be the most dreary in Estonia where daylight last only six hours on average.