In an average year, the summer usually arrives in Denmark on 20 May.
By summer, the Danes mean the first day when the temperature reaches 25 degrees.
The same rationale is then put on every single day between May and early October, if one is lucky, to assess whether it has been a good summer or not.
Should we still be in the singular in mid-August, a lot of disappointment will be expressed in the national media.
2023 will be better, we want to be sure, and the plans to televise the film ‘500 Days of Summer’ this Saturday have been canceled if they seem insensitive.
It will set the tone
If Denmark were to experience temperatures of 25 degrees on Thursday 19 May, we will get off to a good start. One up with plenty to play.
But should the temperatures remain in the early 20s – the current forecast according to all bar TV2 – then the wait continues.
TV2 tends to be the country’s most ‘upbeat’ weather forecast. Some might even add ‘inaccurate’, though supporters of DMI would dispute that claim.
According to this newspaper’s preferred forecasts, Norges yr.nrtemperatures will not exceed 23 degrees in the Copenhagen area on Thursday.
In Central Jutland, 24 can be within reachโฆ so the bragging rights for the mainland are on the rise.
Source: The Nordic Page