Finland · 1991–2020 normal
Suomussalmi in
October.
Typical October weather in Suomussalmi: 4.1°C by day, -0.7°C at night, 67 mm of rain over 11.9 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high4.1°C
Typical low-0.7°C
Rain67 mm
Wet days11.9
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 66). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 30 from latitude 64.89°.
Event window
Long northern nights in October
At 64.9° the calculated mid-month daylight is 9 h 30. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are -0.7°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in October
The measured night-time normal is -0.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 635696
- NOAA station
- FIE00145787 · SUOMUSSALMI PESIO
- Station distance
- 8.9 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 20 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.