Ørsta climate — normals and trends
Ørsta (Norway) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.2 °C and it receives 1,871 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 (12.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Ørsta averages 144 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 209 rainy days per year.
Ørsta has warmed by +4.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.54 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 193 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.6 °C (on 13 July 2025) and the coldest -25.6 °C (on 27 January 1942).
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
ØrstaMøre og Romsdal
- coords
- 62.20°, 6.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.2°C
Average daily high
7.0°C
Average daily low
1.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,871mm
Sunshine / day
6.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
16.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
144 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
209 d/yr
Annual snowfall
446.4 cm
Average feels-like high
4.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
43.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+4.6 °C
since 1940
+0.5 °C per decade · r² = 0.75 · 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
29.6 °C
13 July 2025
Coldest day
-25.6 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
73 mm
7 September 1966
Windiest day
46.6 km/h
25 December 2011
Strongest gust
183.2 km/h
1 January 1992
Hottest feels-like
30.2 °C
26 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-31.6 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
25.3 cm
6 February 1969
Sunniest day
19.0 h
14 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 152 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 55 mm | -99 mm |
| Mar | 6.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 361 mm | +207 mm |
| Apr | 9.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 126 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 11.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 99 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 14.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 221 mm | +103 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +5.0 °C | 60 mm | -72 mm |
| Aug | 15.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 220 mm | +69 mm |
| Sep | 15.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 161 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 218 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 4.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 252 mm | +76 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +4.6 °C | 165 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ørsta?
Ørsta has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.2 °C and it receives 1,871 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ørsta?
The hottest day measured in Ørsta between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2025, reaching 29.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ørsta?
The coldest day measured in Ørsta between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -25.6 °C.
Does it snow in Ørsta?
Yes. Ørsta gets on average 446.4 cm of snow per year and has around 144 frost days.
Has the climate of Ørsta warmed?
Yes: Ørsta warmed by +4.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ørsta?
The wettest day measured in Ørsta between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1966, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ørsta?
The windiest day measured in Ørsta between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 2011, with winds reaching 46.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ørsta?
The warmest month in Ørsta is July (12.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Ørsta?
Ørsta receives on average 1,871 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 209 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ørsta?
Ørsta gets on average 6.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,519 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ørsta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ørsta between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with 25.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ørsta?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ørsta.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ørsta?
In Ørsta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.2 °C on 26 July 2019, and the lowest was -31.6 °C on 27 January 1942.
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