Vihti climate — normals and trends
Vihti (Finland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 675 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Vihti averages 156 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Vihti has warmed by +2.4 °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 32.0 °C (on 28 July 2010) and the coldest -37.6 °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
VihtiUusimaa
- coords
- 60.42°, 24.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.7°C
Average daily high
7.9°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
675mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
156 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
137.2 cm
Average feels-like high
4.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 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
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
32.0 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest day
-37.6 °C
10 January 1987
Wettest day
86 mm
12 August 1972
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
23 January 1995
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
23 January 1995
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
28 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-43.9 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
17.0 cm
5 April 2022
Sunniest day
18.0 h
26 June 2020
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.7 °C | +4.7 °C | 64 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | -1.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 19 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 5.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 13 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 9.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 47 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 13.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 37 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 17.5 °C | -1.4 °C | 108 mm | +44 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 99 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 18.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 80 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 93 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 8.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 48 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 5.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 35 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 54 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vihti?
Vihti has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 675 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vihti?
The hottest day measured in Vihti between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2010, reaching 32.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vihti?
The coldest day measured in Vihti between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, at -37.6 °C.
Does it snow in Vihti?
Yes. Vihti gets on average 137.2 cm of snow per year and has around 156 frost days.
Has the climate of Vihti warmed?
Yes: Vihti warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vihti?
The wettest day measured in Vihti between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1972, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vihti?
The windiest day measured in Vihti between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1995, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vihti?
The warmest month in Vihti is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is February (-6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Vihti?
Vihti receives on average 675 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vihti?
Vihti gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vihti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vihti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 2022, with 17.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vihti?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vihti.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vihti?
In Vihti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 28 July 2010, and the lowest was -43.9 °C on 10 January 1987.
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