Haugesund climate — normals and trends
Haugesund (Norway) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 1,781 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 (14.6 °C on average) and the coldest is February (1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Haugesund averages 48 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 201 rainy days per year.
Haugesund has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 75 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 28.8 °C (on 13 July 1941) and the coldest -19.7 °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
HaugesundRogaland
- coords
- 59.41°, 5.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
9.7°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,781mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
24.4km/h
Seasonal range
13.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
48 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
201 d/yr
Annual snowfall
76.2 cm
Average feels-like high
6.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
44.0 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
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
28.8 °C
13 July 1941
Coldest day
-19.7 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
69 mm
4 September 1990
Windiest day
76.5 km/h
15 January 1952
Strongest gust
141.1 km/h
10 January 2015
Hottest feels-like
29.5 °C
13 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-26.1 °C
27 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.7 cm
4 January 1968
Sunniest day
17.7 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 | 4.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 118 mm | -36 mm |
| Feb | 5.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 98 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 7.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 145 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 10.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 42 mm | -57 mm |
| May | 12.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 93 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 14.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 132 mm | +31 mm |
| Jul | 19.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 83 mm | -37 mm |
| Aug | 16.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 174 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 15.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 268 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 195 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 217 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 285 mm | +99 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Haugesund?
Haugesund has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 1,781 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Haugesund?
The hottest day measured in Haugesund between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1941, reaching 28.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Haugesund?
The coldest day measured in Haugesund between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -19.7 °C.
Does it snow in Haugesund?
Yes. Haugesund gets on average 76.2 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.
Has the climate of Haugesund warmed?
Yes: Haugesund warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Haugesund?
The wettest day measured in Haugesund between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1990, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Haugesund?
The windiest day measured in Haugesund between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1952, with winds reaching 76.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Haugesund?
The warmest month in Haugesund is August (14.6 °C on average); the coldest is February (1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Haugesund?
Haugesund receives on average 1,781 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 201 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Haugesund?
Haugesund 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 Haugesund?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Haugesund between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1968, with 21.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Haugesund?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Haugesund.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Haugesund?
In Haugesund, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 29.5 °C on 13 July 1941, and the lowest was -26.1 °C on 27 January 1942.
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