Finland Travel Club

Climate and weather in Finland

"Four seasons - four reasons"

The summer climate in Finland is more rainy than in the Mediterranean region but less rainy than in Central Europe.

Numbers in Finnish weather forecasts are degrees Celsius. Multiply by 1.8 and add 32 to obtain degrees Fahrenheit. For example, the temperature in Northern Lapland was 30.0 degrees Celsius on July 10th, 2005. The temperature 30.0 degrees Celsius is 30.0 x 1.8 + 32 = 86.0 degrees Fahrenheit.

AccuWeather (Helsinki Weather Forecast for 15 days, you can change temperature degrees to Celsius or Fahrenheit): http://www.accuweather.com/world-index-forecast.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&loccode=EUR|FI|FI002|HELSINKI

Weather2Travel.com (Worldwide Holiday Weather Guide: max & min day temperature, hours of sunshine, hours of daylight, monthly rainfall, UV index, sea water temperature etc.): http://weather2travel.com and http://weather2travel.com/climate-guides/index.php?destination=helsinki

Average temperatures in Finland: http://www.visitfinland.com/w5/index.nsf/(pages)/Snow_Cover_and_Mean_Temperatures?OpenDocument&np=E-50

Finnish Meteorological Institute (weather forecasts): http://www.fmi.fi/en/index.html

Foreca (local forecast for Finland and World Weather for other countries for 6 days): http://www.foreca.com

Foreca Finland (T�sm�� = Spot weather forecast for Finnish locations, Havainnot = Weather observations, Valitse paikka = Choose a place, Aurinko nousee = Sunrise, Aurinko laskee = Sunset, P�iv�n pituus = Day length): http://www.foreca.fi

Ice Photos: http://members.surfeu.fi/ice2001/index.htm

Seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn/fall) in Northern Europe: http://www.oulu.fi/northnature/english/englanti/ajakohtkesa.html

Snow: http://www.niksula.hut.fi/~mnikkane/index.html

Snow Castle: http://www.snowcastle.net

Snow depth in Finland (centimeters): http://www.fmi.fi/weather/local.html?neito=lumi&kunta=Saariselk%E4 and http://www.fmi.fi/en/index.html?neito=lumi

Snow Land: http://www.snowland.fi

Snow Pictures: http://www.bilderbook.org/finland/wow_snow/pictures/

Snow Village & Snow Hotel: http://www.snowvillage.fi

Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times in Finland: http://www.gaisma.com/en/dir/fi-country.html

The glory of a summer night: http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/glory.html

Time and date (weather, sun & moon, you can change Celsius to Fahrenheit degrees or vice versa in the weather forecast): http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=101

Virtual Finland (Finnish Climate): http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/ilmaeng.html

Virtual Finland (Four Seasons): http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/vajateng.html

Webcameras: http://groups.msn.com/FinlandTravelClub/livewebcameras.msnw

Winter in Finland and the Ultimate Snow Adventure: http://www.visitfinland.com/w5/index.nsf/(pages)/Winter_Activities

World Climate: http://www.worldclimate.com/cgi-bin/place.pl?pla=helsinki

Wunderground: http://english.wunderground.com/global/FI.html

Last year's monthly temperatures in Helsinki (degrees Celsius):

	January	February	March	April	May	June
Mean	-10	-6	-1	+3	+10	+13
Max	+4	+5	+11	+21	+27	+25
Min	-31	-22	-18	-9	-2	+4

	July	August	September	October	November	December
Mean	+21	+16	+12	+4	+3	-1
Max	+31	+30	+22	+14	+8	+5
Min	+13	+7	+0	-12	-6	-18

Last year's monthly temperatures in Helsinki (degrees Fahrenheit):

	January	February	March	April	May	June
Mean	+15	+22	+30	+37	+50	+56
Max	+39	+40	+51	+69	+80	+77
Min	-24	-9	-2	+15	+27	+40

	July	August	September	October	November	December
Mean	+69	+61	+53	+38	+37	+30
Max	+87	+86	+72	+58	+47	+41
Min	+55	+44	+32	+11	+22	-1

Summer in Helsinki: