Steinkjer climate — normals and trends
Steinkjer (Norway) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.6 °C and it receives 1,063 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.
Steinkjer averages 136 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 181 rainy days per year.
Steinkjer has warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.41 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 167 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.4 °C (on 17 July 2025) and the coldest -29.8 °C (on 31 December 1978).
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
SteinkjerTrøndelag
- coords
- 64.01°, 11.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.6°C
Average daily high
7.1°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,063mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
19.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
181 d/yr
Annual snowfall
196.1 cm
Average feels-like high
4.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.2 °C
Average peak gust
33.2 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
+3.5 °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
31.4 °C
17 July 2025
Coldest day
-29.8 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
54 mm
31 January 2006
Windiest day
50.5 km/h
1 January 1992
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
18 January 1953
Hottest feels-like
34.4 °C
17 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
27 February 1940
Sunniest day
19.7 h
16 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 87 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 51 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 5.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 256 mm | +168 mm |
| Apr | 9.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 120 mm | +49 mm |
| May | 10.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 118 mm | +50 mm |
| Jun | 15.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 138 mm | +47 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +5.6 °C | 74 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 17.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 133 mm | +43 mm |
| Sep | 16.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 66 mm | -42 mm |
| Oct | 9.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 148 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 3.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 133 mm | +51 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 93 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Steinkjer?
Steinkjer has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.6 °C and it receives 1,063 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Steinkjer?
The hottest day measured in Steinkjer between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2025, reaching 31.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Steinkjer?
The coldest day measured in Steinkjer between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -29.8 °C.
Does it snow in Steinkjer?
Yes. Steinkjer gets on average 196.1 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Steinkjer warmed?
Yes: Steinkjer warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Steinkjer?
The wettest day measured in Steinkjer between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2006, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Steinkjer?
The windiest day measured in Steinkjer between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1992, with winds reaching 50.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Steinkjer?
The warmest month in Steinkjer is July (14.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Steinkjer?
Steinkjer receives on average 1,063 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 181 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Steinkjer?
Steinkjer gets on average 6.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,446 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Steinkjer?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Steinkjer between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1940, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Steinkjer?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Steinkjer.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Steinkjer?
In Steinkjer, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.4 °C on 17 July 2025, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 1 January 1979.
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