Hirtshals climate — normals and trends
Hirtshals (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 686 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is February (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Hirtshals averages 53 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Hirtshals has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 73 to 33 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.5 °C (on 9 August 1975) and the coldest -18.0 °C (on 25 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
HirtshalsNorth Denmark
- coords
- 57.59°, 9.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
686mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
25.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
53 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.6 cm
Average feels-like high
7.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
47.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
29.5 °C
9 August 1975
Coldest day
-18.0 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
57 mm
15 September 1994
Windiest day
76.8 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
158.8 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
32.2 °C
10 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-27.0 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
11 April 1959
Sunniest day
17.0 h
7 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 94 mm | +37 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 28 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 8.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 33 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 11.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 30 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 13.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 38 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 17.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 63 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 60 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 19.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 44 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 48 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 98 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 8.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 59 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 72 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hirtshals?
Hirtshals has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 686 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hirtshals?
The hottest day measured in Hirtshals between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1975, reaching 29.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hirtshals?
The coldest day measured in Hirtshals between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -18.0 °C.
Does it snow in Hirtshals?
Yes. Hirtshals gets on average 56.6 cm of snow per year and has around 53 frost days.
Has the climate of Hirtshals warmed?
Yes: Hirtshals warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hirtshals?
The wettest day measured in Hirtshals between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1994, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hirtshals?
The windiest day measured in Hirtshals between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 76.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hirtshals?
The warmest month in Hirtshals is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is February (0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Hirtshals?
Hirtshals receives on average 686 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hirtshals?
Hirtshals gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hirtshals?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hirtshals between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1959, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hirtshals?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Hirtshals.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hirtshals?
In Hirtshals, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.2 °C on 10 August 1975, and the lowest was -27.0 °C on 25 January 1942.
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