| Copyright (c) 2008 Steven Magill | | | | most of the time. |
| In Sweden, weather is a much talked about | | | | Some 15 percent of the country is within the |
| subject. That is how it usually is in many of the | | | | Arctic Circle. This means that from around the |
| northern countries because the weather is often | | | | end of May until the middle of July that part has |
| not very good, especially in winter. The country is | | | | no night. This is the Midnight Sun. Any traveler |
| long-shaped, roughly north to south, and because | | | | who is not used with this amount of continuous |
| of this the weather can be very different at | | | | daylight will most likely have difficulty in sleeping in |
| either end. | | | | the north of Sweden during the summer months. |
| The Sweden weather you experience depends on | | | | The converse is true for the northern 15 percent; |
| where you are. It is actually possible to have | | | | in winter they have perpetual darkness from the |
| snow in summer, but also sunbathe at midnight - | | | | middle of December until the end of the first |
| all in the same country. The southernmost tip of | | | | week of January. During this time, Stockholm, the |
| the country is around 55 degrees latitude north | | | | capital to the south, has only five and a half hours |
| and the northernmost tip around 69 degrees | | | | of daylight. |
| north, inside the Arctic Circle. | | | | The Sweden weather is enhanced by two major |
| The Sweden weather in winter ranges from | | | | factors. One we have touched on already; the |
| around -40 degrees Celsius to 2 degrees Celsius. | | | | effects of the Gulf Stream, which brings |
| In summer it tends to be from around 15 | | | | pre-warmed winds over the land providing a |
| degrees Celsius to 32 degrees Celsius - | | | | temperate climate. The other factor is the |
| sometimes even hotter. | | | | continental high pressures that develop to the |
| January through to March is when snow can be | | | | east. These create Sweden weather that is |
| expected, though in the far north this is more | | | | sunny, often quite hot in summer, and while cold |
| variable and less contained. It can rain at any time, | | | | in winter, they do relieve a dark days |
| and rather unfairly, it is the warmest months of | | | | considerably. |
| July and August that gets the most rain. | | | | In winter in the far north, the average Sweden |
| The Sweden weather is mostly temperate. This is | | | | weather temperatures can plunge to -40 degrees |
| mainly because of the Gulf Stream waters that | | | | Celsius. In summer in the southern parts it can |
| lap its shores and bring temperate winds from the | | | | exceed 32 degrees Celsius on occasion. This is a |
| west. Southern Sweden can be surprisingly warm | | | | vast temperature range that few countries can |
| and a lot less cold than many would expect for its | | | | equal, and it aptly demonstrates the great |
| northern position. In the mountains of the north, | | | | diversity of weather to be found within Sweden. |
| however, a bitterly cold sub-Arctic climate prevails | | | | |