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Weather extremes

How extreme does Vantaa's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Vantaa has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Vantaa Helsinki-Vantaan Lentoa station 6 km away. Updated through April 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Vantaa has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
93°F Jul 28, 2010

That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Vantaa (typical high near 73°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 93°F Jul 28, 2010
2 92°F Jul 28, 2019
3 90°F Jul 29, 1994
❄️ Coldest night
-33°F Jan 10, 1987

About 52°F colder than a normal January night in Vantaa (typical low near 19°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -33°F Jan 10, 1987
2 -31°F Jan 9, 1987
3 -31°F Jan 11, 1987
🌧️ Most rain in one day
2.58 in Jul 9, 1996

More rain in a single day than Vantaa usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 2.5 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 2.58 in Jul 9, 1996
2 2.31 in Aug 11, 1972
3 2.13 in Aug 17, 1986

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-50°-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 93°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Vantaa's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 93°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Vantaa's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 93°F and as low as −33°F. A single day has delivered over 3 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Vantaa Helsinki-vantaan Lentoa, a weather station, about 6 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →