Nuorgam
Nuorgam (Northern Sami: Njuorggán) is a village in the Utsjoki municipality in the region of Lapland, Finland. It has approximately 200 inhabitants. It is the northernmost point of Finland and the northernmost point of the European Union. It is situated on the Deatnu river (Finnish: Teno, Norwegian: Tana), which is very popular for salmon fishing. Nuorgam is located near the villages of Utsjoki and Tana bru (in Norway). The nearest cities are Murmansk, Rovaniemi, Hammerfest, Alta and Tromsø.
The Finnish WWII action film Sisu, directed by Jalmari Helander, was mainly filmed in Nuorgam in 2021.
History
The origin of the name Njuorggán is unclear. Nuorgam is a Finnish adaptation of the original Northern Sámi name.
The first settler in the area originated from Buolbmát in Norway, arriving in the area in the late 18th century. The surname Nuorgam, used since the 1770s (Niorkam), originates from the village.
Climate
| Climate data for Utsjoki Nuorgam (1991–2020 normals, records 1970–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
2.4 (36.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
4.0 (39.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.9 (10.6) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.1 (3.0) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
0.3 (32.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −45.1 (−49.2) |
−42.9 (−45.2) |
−39.0 (−38.2) |
−30.4 (−22.7) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−24.6 (−12.3) |
−33.9 (−29.0) |
−37.5 (−35.5) |
−45.1 (−49.2) |
| Source 1: FMI normals 1991-2020 | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Record highs and lows | |||||||||||||