Kongsvinger climate — normals and trends
Kongsvinger (Norway) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 794 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 (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kongsvinger averages 154 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Kongsvinger 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 169 to 139 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 7 August 1975) and the coldest -33.7 °C (on 10 February 1985).
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
- 60.19°, 12.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.7°C
Average daily high
8.3°C
Average daily low
0.9°C
Annual rainfall
794mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
154 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
149.4 cm
Average feels-like high
5.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.3 °C
Average peak gust
33.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
33.1 °C
7 August 1975
Coldest day
-33.7 °C
10 February 1985
Wettest day
48 mm
21 June 1990
Windiest day
39.1 km/h
19 April 1980
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
15 September 1994
Hottest feels-like
32.3 °C
26 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-38.1 °C
10 February 1985
Snowiest day
21.0 cm
31 March 1962
Sunniest day
18.0 h
10 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 91 mm | +40 mm |
| Feb | 0.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 7.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 10 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +4.8 °C | 29 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 47 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 18.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 116 mm | +30 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 124 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 18.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 89 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 15.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 103 mm | +28 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 108 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 4.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 71 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 72 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kongsvinger?
Kongsvinger has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 794 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kongsvinger?
The hottest day measured in Kongsvinger between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1975, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kongsvinger?
The coldest day measured in Kongsvinger between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1985, at -33.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kongsvinger?
Yes. Kongsvinger gets on average 149.4 cm of snow per year and has around 154 frost days.
Has the climate of Kongsvinger warmed?
Yes: Kongsvinger warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kongsvinger?
The wettest day measured in Kongsvinger between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1990, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kongsvinger?
The windiest day measured in Kongsvinger between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1980, with winds reaching 39.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kongsvinger?
The warmest month in Kongsvinger is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kongsvinger?
Kongsvinger receives on average 794 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kongsvinger?
Kongsvinger 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 Kongsvinger?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kongsvinger between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1962, with 21.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kongsvinger?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kongsvinger.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kongsvinger?
In Kongsvinger, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.3 °C on 26 July 2019, and the lowest was -38.1 °C on 10 February 1985.
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