Kristinestad climate — normals and trends
Kristinestad (Finland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 632 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Kristinestad averages 158 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Kristinestad has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 173 to 143 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 17 July 2018) and the coldest -36.5 °C (on 7 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
KristinestadOstrobothnia
- coords
- 62.27°, 21.38°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.5°C
Average daily high
7.8°C
Average daily low
0.9°C
Annual rainfall
632mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
158 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.1 cm
Average feels-like high
4.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
33.5 °C
17 July 2018
Coldest day
-36.5 °C
7 January 1987
Wettest day
71 mm
6 August 1967
Windiest day
49.1 km/h
26 December 2011
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
26 December 2011
Hottest feels-like
33.8 °C
29 June 2022
Coldest feels-like
-41.6 °C
7 January 1987
Snowiest day
21.4 cm
18 December 1966
Sunniest day
19.0 h
28 June 1947
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 | -0.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 50 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 15 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 5.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 25 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 9.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 38 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 12.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 46 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 17.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 74 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 81 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 18.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 89 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 17.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 95 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 4.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 64 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 3.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 70 mm | +18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kristinestad?
Kristinestad has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 632 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kristinestad?
The hottest day measured in Kristinestad between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2018, reaching 33.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kristinestad?
The coldest day measured in Kristinestad between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1987, at -36.5 °C.
Does it snow in Kristinestad?
Yes. Kristinestad gets on average 112.1 cm of snow per year and has around 158 frost days.
Has the climate of Kristinestad warmed?
Yes: Kristinestad warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kristinestad?
The wettest day measured in Kristinestad between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1967, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kristinestad?
The windiest day measured in Kristinestad between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2011, with winds reaching 49.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kristinestad?
The warmest month in Kristinestad is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is February (-6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Kristinestad?
Kristinestad receives on average 632 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kristinestad?
Kristinestad gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kristinestad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kristinestad between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1966, with 21.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kristinestad?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kristinestad.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kristinestad?
In Kristinestad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.8 °C on 29 June 2022, and the lowest was -41.6 °C on 7 January 1987.
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