Overview
- Temperatures at Kittilä fell to about -37C on Sunday, with the Finnish Meteorological Institute forecasting near -40C on Monday.
- Finland’s public broadcaster Yle reported that the extreme cold made aircraft de-icing and ground operations exceptionally difficult.
- Some flights to Manchester and London were scheduled for Monday afternoon, though forecasts still indicated roughly -28C at Kittilä.
- In Germany, heavy snowfall led Deutsche Bahn to suspend long-distance services in the north, causing widespread delays and cancellations.
- Authorities kept North Rhine-Westphalia schools closed for online classes on Monday, and Baltic officials urged postponing non-essential travel with a snow alert in western Latvia.