Skælskør climate — normals and trends
Skælskør (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 664 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is February (1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Skælskør averages 42 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Skælskør has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 64 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.4 °C (on 31 July 2018) and the coldest -15.1 °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
SkælskørZealand
- coords
- 55.25°, 11.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
10.0°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
664mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
30.9km/h
Seasonal range
16.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
42 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
42.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
26.4 °C
31 July 2018
Coldest day
-15.1 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
82 mm
21 July 1980
Windiest day
86.8 km/h
3 December 1999
Strongest gust
132.5 km/h
3 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
30.1 °C
25 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-25.5 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.3 cm
10 April 1970
Sunniest day
16.8 h
28 June 2018
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 67 mm | +11 mm |
| Feb | 3.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 6.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 14 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 10.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 21 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 35 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 17.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 65 mm | +11 mm |
| Jul | 20.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 147 mm | +82 mm |
| Aug | 19.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 36 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 17.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 69 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 104 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 54 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 36 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Skælskør?
Skælskør has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 664 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Skælskør?
The hottest day measured in Skælskør between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2018, reaching 26.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Skælskør?
The coldest day measured in Skælskør between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -15.1 °C.
Does it snow in Skælskør?
Yes. Skælskør gets on average 40.4 cm of snow per year and has around 42 frost days.
Has the climate of Skælskør warmed?
Yes: Skælskør warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Skælskør?
The wettest day measured in Skælskør between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1980, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Skælskør?
The windiest day measured in Skælskør between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1999, with winds reaching 86.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Skælskør?
The warmest month in Skælskør is August (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Skælskør?
Skælskør receives on average 664 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Skælskør?
Skælskør gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Skælskør?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Skælskør between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1970, with 17.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Skælskør?
Yes: Skælskør has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Skælskør?
In Skælskør, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.1 °C on 25 July 2018, and the lowest was -25.5 °C on 25 January 1942.
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