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'The climate of Levanger:''

Levanger city has in according to Køppen's climate classification a humid, temperate climate with quite uniformly distributed precipitation throughout the year. The normal yearly precipitation amount in Levanger city is 750 mm/ year in the period 1981-2010. The coldest month, january has a monthly mean temperature of -2.0(1981-2010) and the warmest month, july has 15.1(1981-2010) degrees centigrade. This temperature difference between the warmest and coldest month gives Levanger a weakly oceanic climate with relatively warm summers and partly quite cold winters usually with little snow on the ground. There are 4 months in a row(june to september) with a monthly mean temperature above 10 degrees centigrade and 3 months in a row (december to february) with a mean monthly temperature below 0, but above -3 in the coldest month. All these monthly mean temperature values is based on calculated values for the 30-years period 1981-2010.

The yearly precipitation is least on the island, Ytterøy(only approximately 750 mm per year in the period 1961-90) in the Trondheimsfjord and among low-lying places(less than 50 meters above mean sea level) with proximity to the sea and is greatest in the interior areas with higher elevations, for instance Skjevelås(approximately 1040 mm per year in the period 1961-90) at 182 meters above sea level in the interior part of Levanger mainly because of more convective precipitation in the warmer summer months and/or orographic precipitation. There are in average most precipitation(based on the 30-year period 1961-90) in the autumn months september/october when the sea surface temperature still remains quite high and because of more low-pressure activity in the Atlantic ocean. In spring when the Icelandic low has the highest value and the sea surface temperature still remains cool which in turn reduces the evaporation, there are in average least precipitation. Generally, the Levanger area is protected from having much precipitation on a yearly basis because Levanger is protected in the west by the long and higher hills(500-700 meters above mean sea level) which ranges from the north part of Fosen to the south part of Fosen.

Source: www.eKlima.no