Pargas climate — normals and trends
Pargas (Finland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 622 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 February (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Pargas averages 123 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Pargas has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.9 °C (on 28 July 2019) and the coldest -35.1 °C (on 10 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
PargasSouthwest Finland
- coords
- 60.31°, 22.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
8.1°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
622mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
22.7km/h
Seasonal range
21.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
97.7 cm
Average feels-like high
4.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.8 °C
Average peak gust
40.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
30.9 °C
28 July 2019
Coldest day
-35.1 °C
10 January 1987
Wettest day
70 mm
6 August 1967
Windiest day
61.8 km/h
22 February 2002
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
22 February 2002
Hottest feels-like
33.1 °C
27 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-42.2 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
16.0 cm
12 January 2021
Sunniest day
17.8 h
26 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 63 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 0.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 19 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 4.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 8 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 8.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 54 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 11.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 38 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 15.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 66 mm | +20 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 66 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 18.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 63 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 86 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 10.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 72 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 6.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 62 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 64 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pargas?
Pargas has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 622 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pargas?
The hottest day measured in Pargas between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2019, reaching 30.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pargas?
The coldest day measured in Pargas between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, at -35.1 °C.
Does it snow in Pargas?
Yes. Pargas gets on average 97.7 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Pargas warmed?
Yes: Pargas warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pargas?
The wettest day measured in Pargas between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1967, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pargas?
The windiest day measured in Pargas between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2002, with winds reaching 61.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pargas?
The warmest month in Pargas is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Pargas?
Pargas receives on average 622 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pargas?
Pargas gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pargas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pargas between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2021, with 16.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pargas?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pargas.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pargas?
In Pargas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.1 °C on 27 July 2018, and the lowest was -42.2 °C on 10 January 1987.
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