Skagen climate — normals and trends
Skagen has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 8.5 °C annually with 727 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
SkagenNorth Denmark
- coords
- 57.72°, 10.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
727mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
35.4km/h
Seasonal range
14.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
35 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.0 cm
Average feels-like high
5.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
48.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
23.4 °C
26 July 2014
Coldest day
-14.6 °C
10 January 1987
Wettest day
49 mm
15 September 1994
Windiest day
94.7 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
138.2 km/h
22 September 1969
Hottest feels-like
27.4 °C
20 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-25.4 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
11 April 1959
Sunniest day
17.1 h
18 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 95 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | 3.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 40 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 6.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 40 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 9.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 12.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 42 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 14.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 52 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 19.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 53 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 17.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 38 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 70 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 109 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 71 mm | -13 mm |
| Dec | 8.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 95 mm | +27 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Skagen (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 727 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 (1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Skagen averages 35 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Skagen has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 54 to 16 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 23.4 °C (on 26 July 2014) and the coldest -14.6 °C (on 10 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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Skagen?
Skagen has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 727 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Skagen?
The hottest day measured in Skagen between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2014, reaching 23.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Skagen?
The coldest day measured in Skagen between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, at -14.6 °C.
Does it snow in Skagen?
Yes. Skagen gets on average 56.0 cm of snow per year and has around 35 frost days.
Has the climate of Skagen warmed?
Yes: Skagen warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Skagen?
The wettest day measured in Skagen between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1994, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Skagen?
The windiest day measured in Skagen between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 94.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Skagen?
The warmest month in Skagen is August (16.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Skagen?
Skagen receives on average 727 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Skagen?
Skagen gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Skagen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Skagen between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1959, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Skagen?
Yes: Skagen has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Skagen?
In Skagen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.4 °C on 20 July 2025, and the lowest was -25.4 °C on 25 January 1942.
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