Vejen Municipality climate — normals and trends
Vejen Municipality (Denmark) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 778 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 (16.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Vejen Municipality averages 77 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Vejen Municipality has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 20 July 2022) and the coldest -22.2 °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
Vejen MunicipalitySouth Denmark
- coords
- 55.48°, 9.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
778mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
20.5km/h
Seasonal range
15.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
77 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
43.7 cm
Average feels-like high
8.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
41.1 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
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
-22.2 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
51 mm
25 July 2015
Windiest day
67.4 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
20 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-27.4 °C
26 January 1942
Snowiest day
14.3 cm
14 December 1966
Sunniest day
17.0 h
15 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 75 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 14 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 14 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 31 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 40 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 19.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 86 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 21.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 146 mm | +60 mm |
| Aug | 20.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 62 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 68 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 125 mm | +57 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 50 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 38 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vejen Municipality?
Vejen Municipality has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 778 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vejen Municipality?
The hottest day measured in Vejen Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2022, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vejen Municipality?
The coldest day measured in Vejen Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -22.2 °C.
Does it snow in Vejen Municipality?
Yes. Vejen Municipality gets on average 43.7 cm of snow per year and has around 77 frost days.
Has the climate of Vejen Municipality warmed?
Yes: Vejen Municipality warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vejen Municipality?
The wettest day measured in Vejen Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2015, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vejen Municipality?
The windiest day measured in Vejen Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 67.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vejen Municipality?
The warmest month in Vejen Municipality is July (16.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Vejen Municipality?
Vejen Municipality receives on average 778 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vejen Municipality?
Vejen Municipality gets on average 7.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,774 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vejen Municipality?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vejen Municipality between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1966, with 14.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vejen Municipality?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vejen Municipality.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vejen Municipality?
In Vejen Municipality, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 20 July 2022, and the lowest was -27.4 °C on 26 January 1942.
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