Kitee climate — normals and trends
Kitee (Finland) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.4 °C and it receives 679 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kitee averages 171 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Kitee has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 185 to 157 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -39.1 °C (on 12 January 1987).
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
KiteeNorth Karelia
- coords
- 62.10°, 30.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.4°C
Average daily high
6.5°C
Average daily low
0.1°C
Annual rainfall
679mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
15.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
171 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
160.7 cm
Average feels-like high
3.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
34.3 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-39.1 °C
12 January 1987
Wettest day
59 mm
3 August 2021
Windiest day
42.5 km/h
13 February 1962
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
27 May 1986
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-43.9 °C
12 January 1987
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
17 February 2024
Sunniest day
18.3 h
20 June 2005
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.1 °C | +5.0 °C | 64 mm | +21 mm |
| Feb | -3.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 11 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 3.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 41 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 7.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 50 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 13.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 83 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 17.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 81 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 72 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 19.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 83 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 38 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 8.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 35 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | 3.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 65 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 0.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 71 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kitee?
Kitee has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.4 °C and it receives 679 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kitee?
The hottest day measured in Kitee between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kitee?
The coldest day measured in Kitee between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1987, at -39.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kitee?
Yes. Kitee gets on average 160.7 cm of snow per year and has around 171 frost days.
Has the climate of Kitee warmed?
Yes: Kitee warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kitee?
The wettest day measured in Kitee between 1940 and 2025 was 3 August 2021, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kitee?
The windiest day measured in Kitee between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1962, with winds reaching 42.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kitee?
The warmest month in Kitee is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kitee?
Kitee receives on average 679 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kitee?
Kitee gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kitee?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kitee between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2024, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kitee?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kitee.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kitee?
In Kitee, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 13 July 2025, and the lowest was -43.9 °C on 12 January 1987.
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