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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Hamar
Hamar climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean5°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation648 mm175 wet days a year
60.79° N, 11.07° EElevation 137 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goHamar · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low9° / 2°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Hamar has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -2° and lows of -8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 648 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (79 mm, 20 wet days) and March the driest (33 mm, 11 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in May to 57% in November.
Compared with Oslo, the capital, Hamar is 1.4° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · July
- Coldest nights
- -9° · February
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- March
- Clearest skies
- May · 37% cloud
- Longest day
- 19 h 07 min
- Shortest day
- 5 h 41 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -2° | -1° | 4° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 20° | 15° | 9° | 3° | 0° |
| Average low | -8° | -9° | -5° | 0° | 5° | 9° | 12° | 11° | 7° | 2° | -2° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 42 mm | 31 mm | 33 mm | 34 mm | 51 mm | 70 mm | 79 mm | 81 mm | 65 mm | 64 mm | 57 mm | 41 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.2 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 14.8 | 15.8 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 13.9 | 15 | 14.6 | 13.8 |
| Cloud cover | 50% | 47% | 48% | 44% | 37% | 38% | 37% | 40% | 44% | 53% | 57% | 53% |
| Daylight | 6h 29 | 9h 04 | 11h 42 | 14h 37 | 17h 19 | 19h 07 | 18h 21 | 15h 50 | 12h 58 | 10h 11 | 7h 25 | 5h 41 |
| Month score | 17 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 49 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 48 | 15 | 14 | 16 |
ivMonth by month
Hamar in every month
January17
-2° / -8°
42 mm · 14.2 wet days
February23
-1° / -9°
31 mm · 11.9 wet days
March24
4° / -5°
33 mm · 11.1 wet days
April26
10° / 0°
34 mm · 11.1 wet days
May49
15° / 5°
51 mm · 14.8 wet days
June64
19° / 9°
70 mm · 15.8 wet days
July64
22° / 12°
79 mm · 19.8 wet days
August63
20° / 11°
81 mm · 18.6 wet days
September48
15° / 7°
65 mm · 13.9 wet days
October15
9° / 2°
64 mm · 15 wet days
November14
3° / -2°
57 mm · 14.6 wet days
December16
0° / -6°
41 mm · 13.8 wet days