Melhus climate — normals and trends
Melhus (Norway) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 1,076 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 (14.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Melhus averages 154 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 182 rainy days per year.
Melhus has warmed by +3.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.46 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 191 to 117 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 27 July 2019) and the coldest -32.2 °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
MelhusTrøndelag
- coords
- 63.29°, 10.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.3°C
Average daily high
7.6°C
Average daily low
0.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,076mm
Sunshine / day
7.1h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
154 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
182 d/yr
Annual snowfall
220.5 cm
Average feels-like high
4.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.9 °C
since 1940
+0.5 °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
32.7 °C
27 July 2019
Coldest day
-32.2 °C
1 January 1979
Wettest day
54 mm
13 January 2022
Windiest day
53.4 km/h
2 March 1943
Strongest gust
146.2 km/h
1 January 1992
Hottest feels-like
34.0 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-37.8 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
6 February 2020
Sunniest day
19.1 h
3 July 2021
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 | +3.3 °C | 57 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 45 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 5.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 219 mm | +137 mm |
| Apr | 9.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 115 mm | +43 mm |
| May | 11.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 152 mm | +78 mm |
| Jun | 16.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 152 mm | +48 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +5.4 °C | 69 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 17.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 136 mm | +29 mm |
| Sep | 16.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 71 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 9.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 121 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 3.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 118 mm | +38 mm |
| Dec | 3.6 °C | +4.6 °C | 83 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Melhus?
Melhus has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 1,076 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Melhus?
The hottest day measured in Melhus between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2019, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Melhus?
The coldest day measured in Melhus between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1979, at -32.2 °C.
Does it snow in Melhus?
Yes. Melhus gets on average 220.5 cm of snow per year and has around 154 frost days.
Has the climate of Melhus warmed?
Yes: Melhus warmed by +3.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Melhus?
The wettest day measured in Melhus between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2022, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Melhus?
The windiest day measured in Melhus between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1943, with winds reaching 53.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Melhus?
The warmest month in Melhus is July (14.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Melhus?
Melhus receives on average 1,076 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 182 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Melhus?
Melhus gets on average 7.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,592 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Melhus?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Melhus between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2020, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Melhus?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Melhus.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Melhus?
In Melhus, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.0 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -37.8 °C on 1 January 1979.
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