Due to its location on the Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi has a subarctic climate with short, mild summers and very cold and snowy winters. The city lies just south of the 0°C (32°F) mean annual isotherm, but freezing in the soil is very limited even during the winter by heavy snow cover.
*average annual temperature: 0.9 °C (33.6 °F)
*snow stays on the grounds 175 days a year on average
*lowest temperature ever recorded: −47.5 °C (−54 °F), recorded on January 28, 1999
*highest temperature ever recorded: 30.7 °C (87 °F), recorded on June 10, 2011
*the midnight sun can be seen from June 6 to July
