KULING

VÄSTERBOTTEN · SWEDEN

Umeå weather — measured locally, corrected against the outcome

Umeå sits on the Ume river near the Gulf of Bothnia in a subarctic coastal climate. Sea ice in late winter changes the town's weather fundamentally.

Open the forecast for Umeå

How close KULING has been in Umeå, last 90 days

Mean absolute error per parameter, verified against MET Nordic 1 km-analys, METAR (flygplatsobservationer), Molnobservationer, SMHI ViVa (vattenstånd), Stationsobservationer, eumetsat_clm, smhi_cloud, smhi_vis. Nothing here is a model self-estimate — every row compares a published forecast with a measurement.

ParameterMean errorVerified points
Wind direction53.57 °513
Cloud cover0.49 steg486
Wind speed3.03 m/s372
Humidity5.26 %305
Visibility26748.84 m301
Pressure1.45 hPa134
sky_obs0.05 20

Local weather character in Umeå

  • Once the gulf freezes, the coast behaves like inland: colder nights and drier air.
  • The river valley collects cold air and frosts early in autumn.
  • Open water in autumn brings sea-effect snow showers to the coast.

What you get in the app

  • Hourly forecast with apparent temperature, gusts and minute-level rain start.
  • Rain radar with nowcasting and live lightning strikes.
  • Marine weather: wave height, wave period, sea temperature and sea level.
  • Push alerts for rain, thunder, frost, strong wind and high sea level.
  • A plain-language summary that explains what today actually means.

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