This season 2025, has been one of the absolutely poorest thunderstorm years i can remember. Today was actually the first time i heard some thunder (the other two times, i slept). But none of those three events were large or dramatic. Just a few lightning strikes, some thunder - and that was it.

The most frustrating Thunderstorm season in 40 years, in my personal opinion. Stockholm really isn't the place to be if you are a thunderstorm lover... Mama mia. Northern Scandinavia had a lot more thunderstorms this year. Stockholm barely any at all.

Nice, somewhat dramatic clouds

Nevertheless - the clouds where pretty nice to see to develop over the Stockholm region yesterday later morning. When i went home from work, around 06.30 you could see plenty of blue sky and also high cirrus clouds. Warm, almost tropical night temperatures, as the temperature went barely below 19°C last night. So, the morning was like.... ah... so wonderfully summer like.

Then a couple hours later...

fluffy clouds started to indicate that the air is unstable. And it did not take long time, until the first distant thunder started to roll. But mainly distant, never closer or strong.

The coldfront itself starting to roll in at around 21.00 over Stockholm - didn't result into any lightning. Some lightning did however occurred 70 km to the north. Other more intense thunderstorms developed over the warm Baltic Sea, invisible to our naked eyes.

I really thought it would, or could generate more electricity in the sky - but that was not the case. Instead the winds roared up wildly with strong bows. But it all didn't last very long. Nor was there much rain to speak of. SMHI's dramatic warning was... well, drama. (very much over the top, I mean). They went out to Stockholm people; "keep indoors - basements can get flooded".

Weather & Climate Drama Queens.

Even up here in our country, the climate propaganda has gotten pronounced. SMHI is increasingly peddling stigmatization and dramatization revolving climate. People eating this shit daily through our Zion newspapers - and there it is really fierce. You will find 2-7 articles about climate propaganda EVERY DAY !

There is nothing reasonable about it anymore.

It is more and more weaponized - to pull out the last dollars from your pockets. Now they also scare us with lack of household water in Stockholm - and that it will become much more common.

Sure. Follow the money. Water is not an issue in Sweden - we got more than plenty. The "problem" might be in the facilities who prepare the drinking water... how about that ?

Problem. Reaction. Solution.

I am not denying that the groundwater levels did take a hit earlier this year, when many month in Stockholm, far too little rain had fallen. But the situation has actually gotten better again, during the last months rainfalls. I also see it in the vegetation now being less stress compared to 2 month ago. It is all lush green, no burned or dried out grass anywhere to be seen.

Hey, they warm for lack of water, even after 20-40 mm rain has fallen.

So. There is that.

A colleague of mine, got killed in a park during a thunderstorm

While the other of SMHI's warnings where adequate: stay away from large open fields (and trees), is totally justified. I mean thunderstorms while staying near trees in a park - isn't a good idea.

One of my subway driver colleagues 25+ years ago, got killed by lightning, when he and his son where out and about at the Rålambshovsparken in central Stockholm. It was around 1999 i believe. The park offers large open (unprotected) areas.

We were all chocked, to say the least.

12 Oct 2005 • Rålambshovsparken, Stockholm