Drammen has now recorded a heat wave with five days where the maximum temperature is 27 degrees or more. Several places could follow this weekend.

Meteorological Institute write about Twitter Friday that Drammen-Berskog has now had five days with a maximum temperature of 27 degrees or more, which is the definition of a heatwave in Norway.

In the next few days there will probably be more stations in southern Norway on the list, write the meteorologists.

Because the hot weather won’t stop anytime soon. In several places across the country, the mercury will dip to 30 degrees in the coming days. The heat wave is expected to reach Oslo and several cities in the Eastern region on Saturday, write vg.

Meteorologists may also soon declare a Norwegian heat wave in western Norway.

– Sauda and Voss are expected to experience a Norwegian heat wave over the weekend, said service meteorologist Anne Solveig Andersen.

According Meteorologists On Thursday, more than 30 degrees were recorded at 39 measuring stations in southern Norway. The Gulsvik measuring station was the hottest at 33.9 degrees.

Good advice

Health Norway asks people to avoid overheating and dehydration. They write that the elderly and the sick are particularly vulnerable to heat waves.

– They are more prone to injury and, in the worst case, to death, writes Helse-Noreg websites theirs.

They offer these tips for dealing with a heat wave:

* To drink a lot.

* Wear light, airy and bright clothing.

* Shower or bathe in cool water, possibly place wet towels on the skin.

* Stay in cool rooms.

* Reduce physical activity.

Agricultural concerns

Over 30 degrees means many Norwegians welcome the hot summer weather, but Agriculture Minister Sandra Borch (Sp) worries about dry fields and meadows. Hot, dry weather causes unrest in agricultural Norway.

– It is very dry in many places in southern Norway, and many are worried about the crops. This is a concern I share, Agriculture and Food Minister Sandra Borch (Sp) tells NTB.

Several farmers in Austlandet have already lost important crops due to drought. A farmer from Kløfta who The nation talked about getting 2000 round bales in the first song last year, but this year it was only 650. The big crops dried up. Now they need rain to save the season this year and to have enough food for the animals during the winter.

In Felleskjøpet they are already declaring that this year’s grain year in Austlandet will be bad.

But the long-term forecast gives farmers in Austlandet reason for hope. Yr.no reports that a few millimeters of rain are expected on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. There could also be more rain next weekend.

Warm up all over the world

The intense heat felt over large parts of the entire globe. Heat records are becoming more and more frequent due to global warming. The global average temperature during the first part of June was the highest on record, according to the EU’s climate monitoring service.

In Beijing, the mid-June heat record was broken when the temperature soared to 39.4 degrees on Friday – and in Shanghai a century-old heat record was broken in May.

Record heat has also been recorded in Canada, where wildfires have scorched an area larger than Belgium.

Earlier this month it was also record hot in Siberia, where the temperature reached 37.9 degrees in Jalturovosk.

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