Egersund climate — normals and trends
Egersund (Norway) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 1,762 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 (14.3 °C on average) and the coldest is February (0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Egersund averages 63 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 190 rainy days per year.
Egersund has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 36 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.5 °C (on 11 July 1941) and the coldest -18.8 °C (on 27 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
EgersundRogaland
- coords
- 58.45°, 6.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
9.2°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,762mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
24.8km/h
Seasonal range
13.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
63 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
190 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.3 cm
Average feels-like high
5.8 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
46.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
26.5 °C
11 July 1941
Coldest day
-18.8 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
75 mm
6 October 2010
Windiest day
73.8 km/h
22 September 1969
Strongest gust
140.0 km/h
22 September 1969
Hottest feels-like
29.6 °C
13 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-28.3 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
20 December 2009
Sunniest day
17.2 h
24 June 2024
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 | +1.2 °C | 136 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 100 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 6.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 82 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 10.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 15 mm | -73 mm |
| May | 12.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 71 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 14.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 118 mm | +27 mm |
| Jul | 19.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 142 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 16.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 185 mm | +25 mm |
| Sep | 15.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 286 mm | +83 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 196 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 7.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 244 mm | +44 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 313 mm | +121 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Egersund?
Egersund has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 1,762 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Egersund?
The hottest day measured in Egersund between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1941, reaching 26.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Egersund?
The coldest day measured in Egersund between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -18.8 °C.
Does it snow in Egersund?
Yes. Egersund gets on average 107.3 cm of snow per year and has around 63 frost days.
Has the climate of Egersund warmed?
Yes: Egersund warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Egersund?
The wettest day measured in Egersund between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 2010, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Egersund?
The windiest day measured in Egersund between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1969, with winds reaching 73.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Egersund?
The warmest month in Egersund is August (14.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Egersund?
Egersund receives on average 1,762 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 190 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Egersund?
Egersund 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 Egersund?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Egersund between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 2009, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Egersund?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Egersund.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Egersund?
In Egersund, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.6 °C on 13 July 1941, and the lowest was -28.3 °C on 25 January 1942.
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