[1] The July heat wave started after a week, when Härsnäs in Östergötland County recorded 30.1 °C (86.2 °F) after hot continental air came into the south of the country.
Tropical nights were recorded in the coastal north and by the Atlantic in the south on 22 and 23 July Umeå had its warmest temperature since 1882 with 32.2 °C (90.0 °F).
[1] The intense sunshine and warm winds brought temperatures to 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) in Hökmarksberget in Skellefteå Municipality the following day, with even a marine station (Bjuröklubb) going above 32 °C (90 °F) for the first time ever.
[3] In August the heat wave in the far north got somewhat tempered, but for the first week the heatwave got new proportions in the southern and central parts of Sweden.
[4] Following this event, the heat cooled off and August in general was quite normal in terms of temperatures, with plentiful of precipitation.
The warm waters surrounding Sweden during the autumn still led to thunderstorms happening as late as early November, something that is highly unusual.
[6] Several heat records were broken and the summer was unusually warm by such northerly marine standards.
[7] Sweden's second city Gothenburg tied for the warmest July month on record with a high of 26.2 °C (79.2 °F), a low of 16.3 °C (61.3 °F) and a resulting mean of 21.2 °C (70.2 °F).
[7] The warm and dry local weather also contributed to intense wildfires in Västmanland County in early August that took several weeks to get under proper control.
[4] With the heat wave as a contributing factor along with the following mild autumn, 2014 was the warmest year on record in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö – the three largest cities in the country.
The yearly mean of 10.4 °C (50.7 °F) in Falsterbo was also the highest on record for the official stations mentioned every month in SMHI's data report.
Norrköping and the surrounding coastline through Västervik to the south Nyköping to the east had a very warm summer in spite of the near-coastal location.