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Ørsta climate by month
What the weather is like
Ørsta has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 19° and nights 11°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 2,560 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (289 mm, 22 wet days) and April the driest (135 mm, 16 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 43% in May to 57% in January.
The sea reaches about 15° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Oslo, the capital, Ørsta is 3.8° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 19° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- May · 43% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 15° · August
- Longest day
- 19 h 46 min
- Shortest day
- 5 h 09 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 3° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 16° | 10° | 6° | 4° |
| Average low | -2° | -2° | -1° | 2° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 1° | -2° |
| Precipitation | 302 mm | 242 mm | 221 mm | 135 mm | 118 mm | 124 mm | 131 mm | 167 mm | 268 mm | 293 mm | 270 mm | 289 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 21.4 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 16.4 | 17.9 | 17.6 | 19.2 | 21.1 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 22 |
| Cloud cover | 57% | 53% | 53% | 47% | 43% | 49% | 51% | 52% | 51% | 54% | 55% | 56% |
| Sea temperature | 7° | 6° | 5° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 8° |
| Daylight | 6h 04 | 8h 53 | 11h 41 | 14h 47 | 17h 42 | 19h 46 | 18h 52 | 16h 05 | 13h 02 | 10h 04 | 7h 05 | 5h 09 |
| Month score | 14 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 45 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 |