Austevoll climate — normals and trends
Austevoll (Norway) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 2,330 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 (14.2 °C on average) and the coldest is February (1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Austevoll averages 40 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 204 rainy days per year.
Austevoll has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 60 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.2 °C (on 26 July 2019) and the coldest -14.4 °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
AustevollVestland
- coords
- 60.11°, 5.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
8.8°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
2,330mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
28.4km/h
Seasonal range
12.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
204 d/yr
Annual snowfall
86.3 cm
Average feels-like high
5.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
40.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °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
26.2 °C
26 July 2019
Coldest day
-14.4 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
77 mm
19 August 1944
Windiest day
85.0 km/h
15 January 1952
Strongest gust
133.6 km/h
15 January 1952
Hottest feels-like
27.4 °C
29 July 2008
Coldest feels-like
-20.9 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.2 cm
14 December 1962
Sunniest day
18.0 h
20 June 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 168 mm | -44 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 146 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 6.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 236 mm | +75 mm |
| Apr | 8.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 77 mm | -45 mm |
| May | 11.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 132 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 13.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 178 mm | +57 mm |
| Jul | 17.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 85 mm | -53 mm |
| Aug | 15.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 216 mm | +24 mm |
| Sep | 14.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 266 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 238 mm | -63 mm |
| Nov | 8.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 329 mm | +65 mm |
| Dec | 7.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 387 mm | +120 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Austevoll?
Austevoll has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 2,330 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Austevoll?
The hottest day measured in Austevoll between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2019, reaching 26.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Austevoll?
The coldest day measured in Austevoll between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -14.4 °C.
Does it snow in Austevoll?
Yes. Austevoll gets on average 86.3 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Austevoll warmed?
Yes: Austevoll warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Austevoll?
The wettest day measured in Austevoll between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1944, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Austevoll?
The windiest day measured in Austevoll between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1952, with winds reaching 85.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Austevoll?
The warmest month in Austevoll is August (14.2 °C on average); the coldest is February (1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Austevoll?
Austevoll receives on average 2,330 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 204 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Austevoll?
Austevoll gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Austevoll?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Austevoll between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1962, with 19.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Austevoll?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Austevoll.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Austevoll?
In Austevoll, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.4 °C on 29 July 2008, and the lowest was -20.9 °C on 25 January 1942.
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