Muhos climate — normals and trends
Muhos (Finland) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.3 °C and it receives 616 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 (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Muhos averages 189 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Muhos 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 200 to 178 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 29 July 2010) and the coldest -42.4 °C (on 6 January 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
MuhosNorth Ostrobothnia
- coords
- 64.81°, 25.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.3°C
Average daily high
5.7°C
Average daily low
-1.5°C
Annual rainfall
616mm
Sunshine / day
7.0h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
26.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
189 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
131.8 cm
Average feels-like high
2.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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
32.6 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest day
-42.4 °C
6 January 1985
Wettest day
42 mm
9 July 1966
Windiest day
45.2 km/h
26 December 1992
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
2 November 2020
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-47.7 °C
6 January 1985
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
9 April 1949
Sunniest day
20.0 h
10 June 2020
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 | -4.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 41 mm | +7 mm |
| Feb | -2.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 23 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 3.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 40 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 7.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 12.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 63 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 16.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 87 mm | +18 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 65 mm | -17 mm |
| Aug | 18.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 58 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 100 mm | +38 mm |
| Oct | 7.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 67 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 1.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | -1.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 70 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Muhos?
Muhos has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.3 °C and it receives 616 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Muhos?
The hottest day measured in Muhos between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2010, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Muhos?
The coldest day measured in Muhos between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1985, at -42.4 °C.
Does it snow in Muhos?
Yes. Muhos gets on average 131.8 cm of snow per year and has around 189 frost days.
Has the climate of Muhos warmed?
Yes: Muhos warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Muhos?
The wettest day measured in Muhos between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 1966, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Muhos?
The windiest day measured in Muhos between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1992, with winds reaching 45.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Muhos?
The warmest month in Muhos is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Muhos?
Muhos receives on average 616 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Muhos?
Muhos gets on average 7.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,555 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Muhos?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Muhos between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1949, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Muhos?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Muhos.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Muhos?
In Muhos, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -47.7 °C on 6 January 1985.
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