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.
If you were to burrow down through the Earth from Piteå you would come out nearest to the climate station at Mcmurdo Sound, Antarctica where you would find a Ice Cap climate.