Levin climate — normals and trends
Levin (New Zealand) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,579 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 February (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Levin averages 1 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 178 rainy days per year.
Levin has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 3 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.0 °C (on 5 February 2005) and the coldest -2.9 °C (on 1 July 1951).
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
LevinManawatu-Wanganui
- coords
- -40.63°, 175.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,579mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
21.4km/h
Seasonal range
8.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
178 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
47.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
27.0 °C
5 February 2005
Coldest day
-2.9 °C
1 July 1951
Wettest day
93 mm
26 April 1966
Windiest day
54.9 km/h
29 January 1952
Strongest gust
135.4 km/h
7 August 1991
Hottest feels-like
31.0 °C
29 January 2018
Coldest feels-like
-6.2 °C
1 July 1951
Snowiest day
4.3 cm
5 July 2003
Sunniest day
14.8 h
4 January 2021
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 | 17.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 70 mm | -40 mm |
| Feb | 20.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 29 mm | -71 mm |
| Mar | 18.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 78 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 155 mm | +34 mm |
| May | 14.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 137 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 12.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 167 mm | +32 mm |
| Jul | 11.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 171 mm | +31 mm |
| Aug | 10.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 77 mm | -60 mm |
| Sep | 12.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 165 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 14.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 286 mm | +121 mm |
| Nov | 17.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 104 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 17.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 133 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Levin?
Levin has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,579 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Levin?
The hottest day measured in Levin between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2005, reaching 27.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Levin?
The coldest day measured in Levin between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1951, at -2.9 °C.
Does it snow in Levin?
Yes. Levin gets on average 1.2 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Levin warmed?
Yes: Levin warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Levin?
The wettest day measured in Levin between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1966, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Levin?
The windiest day measured in Levin between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1952, with winds reaching 54.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Levin?
The warmest month in Levin is February (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Levin?
Levin receives on average 1,579 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 178 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Levin?
Levin gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Levin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Levin between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2003, with 4.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Levin?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Levin.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Levin?
In Levin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.0 °C on 29 January 2018, and the lowest was -6.2 °C on 1 July 1951.
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