Voss climate — normals and trends
Voss (Norway) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 2,103 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 (11.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Voss averages 192 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 207 rainy days per year.
Voss has warmed by +4.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.56 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 229 to 155 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 27.8 °C (on 8 July 1991) and the coldest -30.3 °C (on 26 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
VossVestland
- coords
- 60.63°, 6.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.8°C
Average daily high
4.4°C
Average daily low
-1.0°C
Annual rainfall
2,103mm
Sunshine / day
6.4h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
192 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
207 d/yr
Annual snowfall
768.5 cm
Average feels-like high
1.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+4.7 °C
since 1940
+0.6 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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
27.8 °C
8 July 1991
Coldest day
-30.3 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
85 mm
14 November 2005
Windiest day
32.1 km/h
20 February 1943
Strongest gust
144.0 km/h
23 January 1994
Hottest feels-like
27.9 °C
26 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
51.1 cm
20 January 1957
Sunniest day
18.6 h
20 June 2010
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 | -2.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 176 mm | -43 mm |
| Feb | -0.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 130 mm | -48 mm |
| Mar | 2.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 353 mm | +180 mm |
| Apr | 7.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 88 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 11.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 111 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 12.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 225 mm | +98 mm |
| Jul | 19.6 °C | +4.8 °C | 114 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 14.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 200 mm | +42 mm |
| Sep | 12.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 180 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 6.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 162 mm | -61 mm |
| Nov | 2.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 248 mm | +39 mm |
| Dec | 1.8 °C | +4.7 °C | 244 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Voss?
Voss has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.8 °C and it receives 2,103 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Voss?
The hottest day measured in Voss between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1991, reaching 27.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Voss?
The coldest day measured in Voss between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -30.3 °C.
Does it snow in Voss?
Yes. Voss gets on average 768.5 cm of snow per year and has around 192 frost days.
Has the climate of Voss warmed?
Yes: Voss warmed by +4.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Voss?
The wettest day measured in Voss between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 2005, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Voss?
The windiest day measured in Voss between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1943, with winds reaching 32.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Voss?
The warmest month in Voss is July (11.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Voss?
Voss receives on average 2,103 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 207 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Voss?
Voss gets on average 6.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,336 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Voss?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Voss between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1957, with 51.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Voss?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Voss.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Voss?
In Voss, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.9 °C on 26 July 2019, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 26 January 1942.
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