Verdal climate — normals and trends
Verdal (Norway) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 1,212 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 (14.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Verdal averages 149 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 192 rainy days per year.
Verdal has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 179 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.6 °C (on 17 July 2025) and the coldest -29.9 °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
VerdalTrøndelag
- coords
- 63.79°, 11.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.1°C
Average daily high
6.9°C
Average daily low
1.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,212mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
19.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
149 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
192 d/yr
Annual snowfall
262.1 cm
Average feels-like high
3.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
8.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
31.6 °C
17 July 2025
Coldest day
-29.9 °C
31 December 1978
Wettest day
54 mm
31 January 2006
Windiest day
52.3 km/h
1 January 1992
Strongest gust
140.8 km/h
1 January 1992
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
27 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-35.0 °C
31 December 1978
Snowiest day
23.5 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 | 0.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 98 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 2.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 52 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 5.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 286 mm | +189 mm |
| Apr | 8.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 141 mm | +59 mm |
| May | 10.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 146 mm | +66 mm |
| Jun | 15.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 172 mm | +61 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +5.7 °C | 84 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 16.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 150 mm | +43 mm |
| Sep | 16.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 85 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 8.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 166 mm | +51 mm |
| Nov | 3.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 129 mm | +37 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 109 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Verdal?
Verdal has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 1,212 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Verdal?
The hottest day measured in Verdal between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2025, reaching 31.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Verdal?
The coldest day measured in Verdal between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1978, at -29.9 °C.
Does it snow in Verdal?
Yes. Verdal gets on average 262.1 cm of snow per year and has around 149 frost days.
Has the climate of Verdal warmed?
Yes: Verdal warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Verdal?
The wettest day measured in Verdal between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 2006, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Verdal?
The windiest day measured in Verdal between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1992, with winds reaching 52.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Verdal?
The warmest month in Verdal is July (14.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Verdal?
Verdal receives on average 1,212 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 192 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Verdal?
Verdal 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 Verdal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Verdal between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1978, with 23.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Verdal?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Verdal.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Verdal?
In Verdal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 27 July 2019, and the lowest was -35.0 °C on 31 December 1978.
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