Saarenkylä climate — normals and trends
Saarenkylä (Finland) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.0 °C and it receives 593 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 (15.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Saarenkylä averages 203 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Saarenkylä has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 210 to 196 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.6 °C (on 20 July 1970) and the coldest -43.3 °C (on 28 January 1999).
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
SaarenkyläLapland
- coords
- 66.52°, 25.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.0°C
Average daily high
4.3°C
Average daily low
-2.6°C
Annual rainfall
593mm
Sunshine / day
6.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
203 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
159.8 cm
Average feels-like high
0.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.15 · 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
31.6 °C
20 July 1970
Coldest day
-43.3 °C
28 January 1999
Wettest day
55 mm
23 June 1954
Windiest day
39.2 km/h
26 December 1992
Strongest gust
94.3 km/h
22 September 1982
Hottest feels-like
32.1 °C
17 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-48.3 °C
28 January 1999
Snowiest day
14.0 cm
28 April 1970
Sunniest day
22.1 h
27 June 1998
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -6.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 50 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | -3.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 28 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 0.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 33 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 4.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 20 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 11.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 39 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 15.1 °C | -1.6 °C | 116 mm | +49 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 76 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 17.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 90 mm | +14 mm |
| Sep | 14.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 70 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 6.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 79 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | -2.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 65 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | -3.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 68 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saarenkylä?
Saarenkylä has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.0 °C and it receives 593 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saarenkylä?
The hottest day measured in Saarenkylä between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1970, reaching 31.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saarenkylä?
The coldest day measured in Saarenkylä between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1999, at -43.3 °C.
Does it snow in Saarenkylä?
Yes. Saarenkylä gets on average 159.8 cm of snow per year and has around 203 frost days.
Has the climate of Saarenkylä warmed?
Yes: Saarenkylä warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saarenkylä?
The wettest day measured in Saarenkylä between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1954, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saarenkylä?
The windiest day measured in Saarenkylä between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1992, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saarenkylä?
The warmest month in Saarenkylä is July (15.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Saarenkylä?
Saarenkylä receives on average 593 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saarenkylä?
Saarenkylä gets on average 6.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,373 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saarenkylä?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saarenkylä between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1970, with 14.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saarenkylä?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Saarenkylä.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saarenkylä?
In Saarenkylä, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.1 °C on 17 July 1957, and the lowest was -48.3 °C on 28 January 1999.
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