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2006 the warmest year in Oslo since 1937 OSLO, Jan 2 (AFP) Jan 02, 2007 The average temperature in the Norwegian capital of Oslo was two degrees higher than normal in 2006, making it the warmest year since 1937 when recordings began, a study by Norwegian daily Aftenposten showed on Tuesday. For the whole of Norway, December 2006 was the warmest ever recorded with temperatures 6.1 degrees Celsius above normal. "The month of December held some surprises for us, with very high temperatures of 8.2 degrees (Celsius/46.8 degrees Fahrenheit) registered at Lindesnes in southern Norway, or 1.2 degrees C warmer than usual," a researcher at Norway's meteorological institute, Knut Arne Iden, told AFP. He said the situation was particularly "dramatic" in the Svalbard archipelago, located above the Arctic circle. The average annual temperature there is minus 6.7 degrees (19.9 degrees F). In 2006, it was minus 1.7 degrees (28.9 F). All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
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