Silkeborg climate — normals and trends
Silkeborg (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 737 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Silkeborg averages 81 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Silkeborg 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 100 to 62 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -23.7 °C (on 16 February 1956).
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
SilkeborgCentral Jutland
- coords
- 56.17°, 9.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
737mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
21.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.6 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
41.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
33.0 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest day
-23.7 °C
16 February 1956
Wettest day
43 mm
17 October 1967
Windiest day
64.5 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
128.2 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
33.2 °C
10 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-28.3 °C
16 February 1956
Snowiest day
17.4 cm
21 February 2007
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 | 4.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 70 mm | +13 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 13 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 9.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 22 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 31 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 32 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 18.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 85 mm | +14 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 135 mm | +53 mm |
| Aug | 20.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 58 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 64 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 111 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 55 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 44 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Silkeborg?
Silkeborg has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 737 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Silkeborg?
The hottest day measured in Silkeborg between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Silkeborg?
The coldest day measured in Silkeborg between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1956, at -23.7 °C.
Does it snow in Silkeborg?
Yes. Silkeborg gets on average 49.6 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Silkeborg warmed?
Yes: Silkeborg warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Silkeborg?
The wettest day measured in Silkeborg between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1967, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Silkeborg?
The windiest day measured in Silkeborg between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 64.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Silkeborg?
The warmest month in Silkeborg is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Silkeborg?
Silkeborg receives on average 737 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Silkeborg?
Silkeborg gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Silkeborg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Silkeborg between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2007, with 17.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Silkeborg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Silkeborg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Silkeborg?
In Silkeborg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.2 °C on 10 August 1975, and the lowest was -28.3 °C on 16 February 1956.
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