Ringkøbing climate — normals and trends
Ringkøbing (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 930 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 August (16.3 °C on average) and the coldest is February (1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Ringkøbing averages 34 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Ringkøbing 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 50 to 18 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.1 °C (on 10 August 1975) and the coldest -13.2 °C (on 11 January 1987).
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
RingkøbingCentral Jutland
- coords
- 56.09°, 8.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
10.0°C
Average daily low
7.5°C
Annual rainfall
930mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
32.6km/h
Seasonal range
14.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
34 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
31.1 cm
Average feels-like high
6.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
46.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
28.1 °C
10 August 1975
Coldest day
-13.2 °C
11 January 1987
Wettest day
45 mm
29 July 1971
Windiest day
95.9 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
153.0 km/h
5 December 2013
Hottest feels-like
30.4 °C
10 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-23.5 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
15.6 cm
14 December 1966
Sunniest day
17.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 94 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 31 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 6.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 19 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 10.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 25 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 12.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 41 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 15.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 68 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 19.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 129 mm | +48 mm |
| Aug | 18.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 84 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 164 mm | +55 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 137 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 9.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 105 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 64 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ringkøbing?
Ringkøbing has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 930 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ringkøbing?
The hottest day measured in Ringkøbing between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1975, reaching 28.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ringkøbing?
The coldest day measured in Ringkøbing between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1987, at -13.2 °C.
Does it snow in Ringkøbing?
Yes. Ringkøbing gets on average 31.1 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.
Has the climate of Ringkøbing warmed?
Yes: Ringkøbing warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ringkøbing?
The wettest day measured in Ringkøbing between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1971, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ringkøbing?
The windiest day measured in Ringkøbing between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 95.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ringkøbing?
The warmest month in Ringkøbing is August (16.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Ringkøbing?
Ringkøbing receives on average 930 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ringkøbing?
Ringkøbing 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 Ringkøbing?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ringkøbing between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1966, with 15.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ringkøbing?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ringkøbing.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ringkøbing?
In Ringkøbing, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.4 °C on 10 August 1975, and the lowest was -23.5 °C on 25 January 1942.
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