Salo climate — normals and trends
Salo (Finland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 653 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Salo averages 156 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Salo has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 173 to 139 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.2 °C (on 14 July 2021) and the coldest -37.3 °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
SaloSouthwest Finland
- coords
- 60.38°, 23.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.8°C
Average daily high
8.1°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
653mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
156 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
121.5 cm
Average feels-like high
4.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
32.2 °C
14 July 2021
Coldest day
-37.3 °C
10 January 1987
Wettest day
49 mm
28 August 2023
Windiest day
45.6 km/h
26 December 2011
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
10 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
14 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-43.7 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
17.1 cm
18 December 1966
Sunniest day
18.0 h
26 June 2025
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 | 0.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 62 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | -0.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 21 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 6.0 °C | +5.4 °C | 13 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 9.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 50 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 13.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 39 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 17.4 °C | -1.4 °C | 95 mm | +36 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 90 mm | +11 mm |
| Aug | 19.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 64 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 79 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 9.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 53 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 5.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 49 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 53 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salo?
Salo has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.8 °C and it receives 653 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salo?
The hottest day measured in Salo between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2021, reaching 32.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salo?
The coldest day measured in Salo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, at -37.3 °C.
Does it snow in Salo?
Yes. Salo gets on average 121.5 cm of snow per year and has around 156 frost days.
Has the climate of Salo warmed?
Yes: Salo warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salo?
The wettest day measured in Salo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salo?
The windiest day measured in Salo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2011, with winds reaching 45.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salo?
The warmest month in Salo is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is February (-6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Salo?
Salo receives on average 653 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salo?
Salo gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Salo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1966, with 17.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Salo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Salo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salo?
In Salo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 14 July 2021, and the lowest was -43.7 °C on 10 January 1987.
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