Malax climate — normals and trends
Malax (Finland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 566 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 February (-6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Malax averages 153 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Malax has warmed by +2.0 °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 167 to 139 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 18 July 2018) and the coldest -34.5 °C (on 18 February 1985).
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
MalaxOstrobothnia
- coords
- 62.94°, 21.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.3°C
Average daily high
7.3°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
566mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
153 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
106.3 cm
Average feels-like high
4.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
32.1 °C
18 July 2018
Coldest day
-34.5 °C
18 February 1985
Wettest day
94 mm
6 August 1967
Windiest day
51.8 km/h
23 December 1975
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
23 December 1975
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
18 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-39.9 °C
18 February 1985
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
13 November 1947
Sunniest day
19.0 h
26 June 2022
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 | -1.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 51 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | -0.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 14 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 4.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 20 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 8.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 25 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 11.2 °C | -1.1 °C | 42 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 16.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 72 mm | +22 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 69 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 18.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 89 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 16.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 70 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 56 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 3.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 55 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 71 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malax?
Malax has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 566 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malax?
The hottest day measured in Malax between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2018, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malax?
The coldest day measured in Malax between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1985, at -34.5 °C.
Does it snow in Malax?
Yes. Malax gets on average 106.3 cm of snow per year and has around 153 frost days.
Has the climate of Malax warmed?
Yes: Malax warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malax?
The wettest day measured in Malax between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1967, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malax?
The windiest day measured in Malax between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1975, with winds reaching 51.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malax?
The warmest month in Malax is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is February (-6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Malax?
Malax receives on average 566 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malax?
Malax gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Malax?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Malax between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 1947, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Malax?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Malax.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malax?
In Malax, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 18 July 1988, and the lowest was -39.9 °C on 18 February 1985.
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