Kalevala climate — normals and trends
Kalevala (Russia) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 598 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 (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kalevala averages 194 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Kalevala has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 201 to 187 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 13 July 1972) and the coldest -40.7 °C (on 8 January 1985).
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
KalevalaRepublic of Karelia
- coords
- 65.20°, 31.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
1.4°C
Average daily high
4.4°C
Average daily low
-1.8°C
Annual rainfall
598mm
Sunshine / day
6.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
15.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
194 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
156.9 cm
Average feels-like high
0.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-5.6 °C
Average peak gust
32.7 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
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.19 · 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
33.3 °C
13 July 1972
Coldest day
-40.7 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
49 mm
8 August 2012
Windiest day
39.8 km/h
28 May 2009
Strongest gust
89.6 km/h
15 December 1975
Hottest feels-like
34.3 °C
29 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-46.4 °C
28 January 1999
Snowiest day
17.1 cm
24 November 1994
Sunniest day
20.3 h
1 July 2003
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -6.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 40 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | -3.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 12 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 0.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 33 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 5.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 15 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 11.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 83 mm | +33 mm |
| Jun | 15.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 63 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 67 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 18.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 104 mm | +25 mm |
| Sep | 15.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 70 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 6.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 44 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 0.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 65 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | -2.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 70 mm | +33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kalevala?
Kalevala has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 1.4 °C and it receives 598 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kalevala?
The hottest day measured in Kalevala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1972, reaching 33.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kalevala?
The coldest day measured in Kalevala between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -40.7 °C.
Does it snow in Kalevala?
Yes. Kalevala gets on average 156.9 cm of snow per year and has around 194 frost days.
Has the climate of Kalevala warmed?
Yes: Kalevala warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kalevala?
The wettest day measured in Kalevala between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2012, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kalevala?
The windiest day measured in Kalevala between 1940 and 2025 was 28 May 2009, with winds reaching 39.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kalevala?
The warmest month in Kalevala is July (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kalevala?
Kalevala receives on average 598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kalevala?
Kalevala 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 Kalevala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kalevala between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 1994, with 17.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kalevala?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kalevala.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kalevala?
In Kalevala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.3 °C on 29 July 2010, and the lowest was -46.4 °C on 28 January 1999.
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