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Never mind summer days, we’ve got a whole week of 25 degrees+ in store!

Ben Hamilton
August 10th, 2022


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Cancel all indoor plans for this weekend and head down to one of Denmark’s many beaches

Poignantly, Sandy from Grease would have loved the summer nights in store over the coming week (photo: Hunter Desportes/Flickr)

Despite the Saharan heatwave that hit Denmark in mid-July, setting an all-time heat record for the month as temperatures reached 35.9 in Lolland and scorched most of our lawns in the process, this summer has been a disappointing one, according to DR.

According to its figures, there have only been 19 summer days in 2022 so far  – compared to 31 last year and 42 in 2018, the warmth that never stopped giving.

But all that is about to change over the next week, because tomorrow won’t just serve up a summer day: there’s a whole summer week in store.

Badly timed given that the nation’s children returned to school on Monday, and the majority of workers to their offices, but it’s still going to be a corker of a weekend.

2018 was an absolute belter, but 2022 is catching up

Summer sun, something’s begun
Let’s start with the capital. From Thursday to Sunday, the thermometer will stall on 26 degrees every day, with minimal wind speeds and no rain forecast. And then next week will begin with back-to-back days of 27. In fact, there’s no break in the good weather in the ten-day forecast on yr.no.

Head further south, to the aforementioned Lolland for example, and Saturday to Monday will serve up three consecutive days of 29 degrees. A similar story can be seen in Tønder, where 30 is on the cards, while Aarhus will see almost identical weather to Copenhagen.

So as you head down to the beach, or the park, for a weekend of glorious weather, spare a thought for the class of 2017, as they only got three summer days. 

In fact, this year has already been the sixth best summer since 2011, and should the next ten days live up to the forecasters’ expectations, it will become the third. 

The ten-day forecast on yr.no is a work of art

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