Piteå Climate & Temperature
- Piteå, Sweden is at 65°19'N, 21°28'E, 6 m (20 ft). See map.
- Piteå has a subarctic climate that has severe winters, no dry season, with cool, short summers and strong seasonality (Köppen-Geiger classification: Dfc).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Piteå is situated in or near the boreal moist forest biome.
- The annual average temperature is 2.3 degrees Celsius (36.1 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 26.5 °C (47.7°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype subcontinental.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach -5°C (23°F) on average falling to -12.3°C (9.8°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 5°C (41°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of -4.3°C (24.2°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 19°C (66.2°F) and average low temperatures are 10°C (50°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 6.3°C (43.4°F) during the day and lows of -0.3°C (31.4°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 517 mm (20.4 inches) which is equivalent to 517 Litres/m² (12.68 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 1818 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Piteå you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Mcmurdo Sound, Antarctica where you would find a Ice Cap climate.
Piteå Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | -6 (21) | -6 (21) | -1 (30) | 5 (41) | 11 (52) | 17 (63) | 21 (70) | 19 (66) | 13 (55) | 6 (43) | 0 (32) | -3 (27) | 6 (43) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -10 (15) | -10 (14) | -6 (21) | 1 (33) | 7 (44) | 13 (55) | 17 (62) | 15 (58) | 9 (48) | 3 (37) | -3 (27) | -7 (20) | 2 (36) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | -13 (9) | -14 (7) | -11 (12) | -4 (25) | 2 (36) | 8 (46) | 12 (54) | 10 (50) | 5 (41) | 0 (32) | -6 (21) | -10 (14) | -2 (29) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 37 (1) | 25 (1) | 23 (1) | 28 (1) | 30 (1) | 47 (2) | 50 (2) | 68 (3) | 69 (3) | 48 (2) | 48 (2) | 44 (2) | 517 (20) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 13 (42) | 13 (46) | 9 (29) | 10 (33) | 8 (26) | 11 (37) | 12 (39) | 12 (39) | 12 (40) | 12 (39) | 14 (47) | 15 (48) | 141 (39) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 0h 46' | 1h 46' | 4h 52' | 6h 58' | 8h 40' | 9h 58' | 9h 56' | 6h 54' | 5h 08' | 3h 09' | 1h 08' | 0h 15' | 4h 58' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 5h 15' | 8h 37' | 12h 05' | 15h 40' | 19h 15' | 21h 53' | 20h 34' | 17h 03' | 13h 28' | 9h 53' | 6h 18' | 3h 45' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 18 (82) | 23 (77) | 43 (57) | 47 (53) | 47 (53) | 47 (53) | 50 (50) | 43 (57) | 41 (59) | 35 (65) | 21 (79) | 9 (91) | 41 (59) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 5 | 14.2 | 25 | 36.6 | 44.9 | 48.1 | 45.1 | 36.8 | 25.4 | 13.9 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 25.1 |
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