Leppävirta climate — normals and trends
Leppävirta (Finland) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.3 °C and it receives 661 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Leppävirta averages 167 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Leppävirta has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 182 to 152 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -36.1 °C (on 8 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
LeppävirtaNorth Savo
- coords
- 62.49°, 27.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.3°C
Average daily high
6.1°C
Average daily low
0.5°C
Annual rainfall
661mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
26.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
167 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
146.7 cm
Average feels-like high
2.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
32.9 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-36.1 °C
8 January 1987
Wettest day
69 mm
30 June 2020
Windiest day
43.2 km/h
1 October 1994
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
26 October 1985
Hottest feels-like
32.8 °C
23 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-41.7 °C
8 January 1987
Snowiest day
17.2 cm
3 November 1968
Sunniest day
18.8 h
16 June 1940
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 | -2.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 50 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | -2.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 19 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 3.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 44 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 7.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 41 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 11.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 54 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 17.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 107 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 71 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 19.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 72 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 79 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 7.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 60 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 3.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 52 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 0.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 69 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Leppävirta?
Leppävirta has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.3 °C and it receives 661 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Leppävirta?
The hottest day measured in Leppävirta between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Leppävirta?
The coldest day measured in Leppävirta between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1987, at -36.1 °C.
Does it snow in Leppävirta?
Yes. Leppävirta gets on average 146.7 cm of snow per year and has around 167 frost days.
Has the climate of Leppävirta warmed?
Yes: Leppävirta warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Leppävirta?
The wettest day measured in Leppävirta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2020, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Leppävirta?
The windiest day measured in Leppävirta between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1994, with winds reaching 43.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Leppävirta?
The warmest month in Leppävirta is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Leppävirta?
Leppävirta receives on average 661 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Leppävirta?
Leppävirta gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Leppävirta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Leppävirta between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1968, with 17.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Leppävirta?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Leppävirta.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Leppävirta?
In Leppävirta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.8 °C on 23 June 2021, and the lowest was -41.7 °C on 8 January 1987.
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