Elverum climate — normals and trends
Elverum (Norway) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 872 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 (14.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Elverum averages 182 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Elverum has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 167 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.9 °C (on 7 August 1975) and the coldest -37.1 °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
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- coords
- 60.88°, 11.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
3.1°C
Average daily high
6.7°C
Average daily low
-0.7°C
Annual rainfall
872mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
12.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
182 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
197.0 cm
Average feels-like high
3.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
31.9 °C
7 August 1975
Coldest day
-37.1 °C
10 January 1987
Wettest day
61 mm
7 May 1997
Windiest day
37.9 km/h
19 April 1980
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
31.0 °C
3 August 1982
Coldest feels-like
-42.7 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
31 March 1962
Sunniest day
18.3 h
29 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 83 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | -1.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 41 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 6.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 14 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 11.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 21 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 14.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 71 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 17.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 104 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 163 mm | +56 mm |
| Aug | 18.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 78 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 14.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 118 mm | +29 mm |
| Oct | 8.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 125 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 2.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 77 mm | 0 mm |
| Dec | 1.7 °C | +6.0 °C | 88 mm | +27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Elverum?
Elverum has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 3.1 °C and it receives 872 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Elverum?
The hottest day measured in Elverum between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1975, reaching 31.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Elverum?
The coldest day measured in Elverum between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, at -37.1 °C.
Does it snow in Elverum?
Yes. Elverum gets on average 197.0 cm of snow per year and has around 182 frost days.
Has the climate of Elverum warmed?
Yes: Elverum warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Elverum?
The wettest day measured in Elverum between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1997, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Elverum?
The windiest day measured in Elverum between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1980, with winds reaching 37.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Elverum?
The warmest month in Elverum is July (14.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Elverum?
Elverum receives on average 872 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Elverum?
Elverum gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Elverum?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Elverum between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1962, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Elverum?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Elverum.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Elverum?
In Elverum, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.0 °C on 3 August 1982, and the lowest was -42.7 °C on 10 January 1987.
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