Kerteminde climate — normals and trends
Kerteminde (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 649 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is February (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kerteminde averages 58 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Kerteminde has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 82 to 34 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.0 °C (on 11 August 1975) and the coldest -20.6 °C (on 26 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
KertemindeSouth Denmark
- coords
- 55.45°, 10.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
649mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
26.1km/h
Seasonal range
16.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
58 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.3 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
41.2 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
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
31.0 °C
11 August 1975
Coldest day
-20.6 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
50 mm
25 July 2015
Windiest day
76.7 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
123.8 km/h
28 October 2013
Hottest feels-like
31.6 °C
11 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-26.4 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.8 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.9 h
30 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 63 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 12 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 8.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 12.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 25 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 33 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 19.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 75 mm | +15 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 129 mm | +58 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 38 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 94 mm | +37 mm |
| Nov | 8.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 49 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 34 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kerteminde?
Kerteminde has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 649 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kerteminde?
The hottest day measured in Kerteminde between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1975, reaching 31.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kerteminde?
The coldest day measured in Kerteminde between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -20.6 °C.
Does it snow in Kerteminde?
Yes. Kerteminde gets on average 41.3 cm of snow per year and has around 58 frost days.
Has the climate of Kerteminde warmed?
Yes: Kerteminde warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kerteminde?
The wettest day measured in Kerteminde between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2015, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kerteminde?
The windiest day measured in Kerteminde between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 76.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kerteminde?
The warmest month in Kerteminde is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kerteminde?
Kerteminde receives on average 649 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kerteminde?
Kerteminde gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kerteminde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kerteminde between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 16.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kerteminde?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kerteminde.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kerteminde?
In Kerteminde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.6 °C on 11 August 1975, and the lowest was -26.4 °C on 25 January 1942.
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