Stryn climate — normals and trends
Stryn (Norway) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.9 °C and it receives 1,741 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 (11.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Stryn averages 197 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 203 rainy days per year.
Stryn has warmed by +5.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.59 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 239 to 155 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.4 °C (on 17 July 2003) and the coldest -31.2 °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
StrynVestland
- coords
- 61.90°, 6.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.9°C
Average daily high
4.8°C
Average daily low
-1.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,741mm
Sunshine / day
6.7h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
8.0km/h
Seasonal range
17.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
197 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
203 d/yr
Annual snowfall
627.6 cm
Average feels-like high
2.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.4 °C
Average peak gust
40.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+5.0 °C
since 1940
+0.6 °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
28.4 °C
17 July 2003
Coldest day
-31.2 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
70 mm
17 September 1978
Windiest day
24.3 km/h
5 December 1979
Strongest gust
159.5 km/h
26 December 2011
Hottest feels-like
29.0 °C
27 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-36.4 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
47.5 cm
10 December 1973
Sunniest day
19.0 h
11 June 1943
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 | -1.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 158 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | -0.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 60 mm | -81 mm |
| Mar | 3.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 366 mm | +223 mm |
| Apr | 8.3 °C | +4.6 °C | 117 mm | +13 mm |
| May | 10.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 99 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 12.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 219 mm | +104 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 78 mm | -65 mm |
| Aug | 14.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 221 mm | +77 mm |
| Sep | 13.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 143 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 7.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 198 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 2.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 198 mm | +35 mm |
| Dec | 1.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 164 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Stryn?
Stryn has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.9 °C and it receives 1,741 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Stryn?
The hottest day measured in Stryn between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2003, reaching 28.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Stryn?
The coldest day measured in Stryn between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -31.2 °C.
Does it snow in Stryn?
Yes. Stryn gets on average 627.6 cm of snow per year and has around 197 frost days.
Has the climate of Stryn warmed?
Yes: Stryn warmed by +5.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Stryn?
The wettest day measured in Stryn between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1978, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Stryn?
The windiest day measured in Stryn between 1940 and 2025 was 5 December 1979, with winds reaching 24.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Stryn?
The warmest month in Stryn is July (11.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Stryn?
Stryn receives on average 1,741 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 203 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Stryn?
Stryn 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 Stryn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Stryn between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1973, with 47.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Stryn?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Stryn.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Stryn?
In Stryn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.0 °C on 27 July 2019, and the lowest was -36.4 °C on 27 January 1942.
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