Levanger climate — normals and trends
Levanger (Norway) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 1,120 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 (14.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Levanger averages 141 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 187 rainy days per year.
Levanger has warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.42 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 174 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.4 °C (on 17 July 2025) and the coldest -30.5 °C (on 1 January 1979).
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
LevangerTrøndelag
- coords
- 63.75°, 11.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.5°C
Average daily high
7.4°C
Average daily low
1.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,120mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
141 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
187 d/yr
Annual snowfall
212.6 cm
Average feels-like high
4.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.6 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
7.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.6 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
32.4 °C
17 July 2025
Coldest day
-30.5 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
51 mm
31 January 2006
Windiest day
52.7 km/h
1 January 1992
Strongest gust
141.5 km/h
1 January 1992
Hottest feels-like
34.1 °C
27 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-35.4 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
21.8 cm
18 December 1978
Sunniest day
19.5 h
22 June 1945
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 | 1.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 87 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 52 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 5.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 270 mm | +180 mm |
| Apr | 9.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 128 mm | +54 mm |
| May | 10.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 133 mm | +60 mm |
| Jun | 16.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 151 mm | +51 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +5.8 °C | 70 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 17.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 136 mm | +39 mm |
| Sep | 16.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 80 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 153 mm | +45 mm |
| Nov | 4.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 125 mm | +39 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 93 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Levanger?
Levanger has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 1,120 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Levanger?
The hottest day measured in Levanger between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2025, reaching 32.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Levanger?
The coldest day measured in Levanger between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -30.5 °C.
Does it snow in Levanger?
Yes. Levanger gets on average 212.6 cm of snow per year and has around 141 frost days.
Has the climate of Levanger warmed?
Yes: Levanger warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Levanger?
The wettest day measured in Levanger between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2006, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Levanger?
The windiest day measured in Levanger between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1992, with winds reaching 52.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Levanger?
The warmest month in Levanger is July (14.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Levanger?
Levanger receives on average 1,120 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Levanger?
Levanger gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Levanger?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Levanger between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1978, with 21.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Levanger?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Levanger.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Levanger?
In Levanger, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.1 °C on 27 July 2019, and the lowest was -35.4 °C on 1 January 1979.
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