Kannus climate — normals and trends
Kannus (Finland) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.3 °C and it receives 598 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kannus averages 177 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Kannus has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 189 to 165 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -39.4 °C (on 9 January 1958).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
KannusCentral Ostrobothnia
- coords
- 63.90°, 23.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.3°C
Average daily high
6.8°C
Average daily low
-0.5°C
Annual rainfall
598mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
177 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.5 cm
Average feels-like high
3.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
33.8 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-39.4 °C
9 January 1958
Wettest day
51 mm
21 July 2011
Windiest day
45.0 km/h
26 December 1992
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
2 November 2020
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-44.9 °C
9 January 1958
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
9 April 1949
Sunniest day
19.3 h
16 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 52 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | -0.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 15 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 4.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 34 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 8.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 15 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 12.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 38 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 16.9 °C | -1.7 °C | 81 mm | +14 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 87 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 18.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 88 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 16.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 92 mm | +31 mm |
| Oct | 8.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 50 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 2.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 45 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 0.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 72 mm | +31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kannus?
Kannus has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.3 °C and it receives 598 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kannus?
The hottest day measured in Kannus between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kannus?
The coldest day measured in Kannus between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1958, at -39.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kannus?
Yes. Kannus gets on average 117.5 cm of snow per year and has around 177 frost days.
Has the climate of Kannus warmed?
Yes: Kannus warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kannus?
The wettest day measured in Kannus between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2011, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kannus?
The windiest day measured in Kannus between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1992, with winds reaching 45.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kannus?
The warmest month in Kannus is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kannus?
Kannus receives on average 598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kannus?
Kannus gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kannus?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kannus between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1949, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kannus?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kannus.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kannus?
In Kannus, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -44.9 °C on 9 January 1958.
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