Flekkefjord climate — normals and trends
Flekkefjord (Norway) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,590 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 (14.7 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Flekkefjord averages 80 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.
Flekkefjord has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 104 to 56 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.2 °C (on 11 August 1975) and the coldest -21.4 °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
FlekkefjordAgder
- coords
- 58.30°, 6.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,590mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
22.5km/h
Seasonal range
15.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
80 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
174 d/yr
Annual snowfall
137.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.6 °C
Average peak gust
46.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
28.2 °C
11 August 1975
Coldest day
-21.4 °C
27 January 1942
Wettest day
78 mm
30 September 2017
Windiest day
63.1 km/h
22 September 1969
Strongest gust
134.3 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
29.1 °C
27 June 1953
Coldest feels-like
-29.1 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
28.7 cm
25 February 1996
Sunniest day
17.1 h
20 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 138 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 106 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 7.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 50 mm | -53 mm |
| Apr | 11.6 °C | +3.6 °C | 22 mm | -60 mm |
| May | 14.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 64 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 15.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 99 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 20.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 123 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 17.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 151 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 15.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 292 mm | +121 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 167 mm | -21 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 240 mm | +65 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 286 mm | +119 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Flekkefjord?
Flekkefjord has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 1,590 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Flekkefjord?
The hottest day measured in Flekkefjord between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1975, reaching 28.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Flekkefjord?
The coldest day measured in Flekkefjord between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1942, at -21.4 °C.
Does it snow in Flekkefjord?
Yes. Flekkefjord gets on average 137.4 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.
Has the climate of Flekkefjord warmed?
Yes: Flekkefjord warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Flekkefjord?
The wettest day measured in Flekkefjord between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 2017, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Flekkefjord?
The windiest day measured in Flekkefjord between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1969, with winds reaching 63.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Flekkefjord?
The warmest month in Flekkefjord is July (14.7 °C on average); the coldest is February (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Flekkefjord?
Flekkefjord receives on average 1,590 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Flekkefjord?
Flekkefjord gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Flekkefjord?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Flekkefjord between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1996, with 28.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Flekkefjord?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Flekkefjord.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Flekkefjord?
In Flekkefjord, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.1 °C on 27 June 1953, and the lowest was -29.1 °C on 10 January 1987.
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