Otterup climate — normals and trends
Otterup (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 623 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Otterup averages 71 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Otterup has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 92 to 50 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -24.9 °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
OtterupSouth Denmark
- coords
- 55.52°, 10.40°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
623mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
23.7km/h
Seasonal range
16.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
71 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.7 cm
Average feels-like high
8.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
42.4 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
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
33.8 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-24.9 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
56 mm
25 July 2015
Windiest day
71.2 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
124.6 km/h
28 October 2013
Hottest feels-like
33.7 °C
10 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
17.0 h
23 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 56 mm | +10 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 10 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 10.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 15 mm | -26 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 24 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 31 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 20.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 81 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 128 mm | +55 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 38 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 51 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 91 mm | +40 mm |
| Nov | 8.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 42 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 29 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Otterup?
Otterup has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 623 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Otterup?
The hottest day measured in Otterup between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Otterup?
The coldest day measured in Otterup between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -24.9 °C.
Does it snow in Otterup?
Yes. Otterup gets on average 40.7 cm of snow per year and has around 71 frost days.
Has the climate of Otterup warmed?
Yes: Otterup warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Otterup?
The wettest day measured in Otterup between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2015, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Otterup?
The windiest day measured in Otterup between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 71.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Otterup?
The warmest month in Otterup is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Otterup?
Otterup receives on average 623 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Otterup?
Otterup 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 Otterup?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Otterup between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Otterup?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Otterup.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Otterup?
In Otterup, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.7 °C on 10 August 1975, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 26 January 1942.
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