Mandal climate — normals and trends
Mandal (Norway) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 1,150 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 (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is February (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Mandal averages 61 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Mandal has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 83 to 39 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.5 °C (on 11 August 1975) and the coldest -18.9 °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
MandalAgder
- coords
- 58.03°, 7.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
10.4°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,150mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
25.8km/h
Seasonal range
15.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
61 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
104.0 cm
Average feels-like high
7.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.7 °C
Average peak gust
50.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
30.5 °C
11 August 1975
Coldest day
-18.9 °C
26 January 1942
Wettest day
91 mm
14 July 1961
Windiest day
72.6 km/h
22 September 1969
Strongest gust
140.8 km/h
22 January 1993
Hottest feels-like
30.1 °C
26 July 2014
Coldest feels-like
-28.0 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
28.8 cm
6 January 2025
Sunniest day
17.0 h
8 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 155 mm | +41 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 70 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 7.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 30 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 12.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 26 mm | -37 mm |
| May | 14.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 40 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 16.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 60 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 22.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 82 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 19.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 99 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 16.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 205 mm | +89 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 148 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 8.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 167 mm | +38 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 184 mm | +65 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mandal?
Mandal has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 1,150 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mandal?
The hottest day measured in Mandal between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1975, reaching 30.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mandal?
The coldest day measured in Mandal between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1942, at -18.9 °C.
Does it snow in Mandal?
Yes. Mandal gets on average 104.0 cm of snow per year and has around 61 frost days.
Has the climate of Mandal warmed?
Yes: Mandal warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mandal?
The wettest day measured in Mandal between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1961, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mandal?
The windiest day measured in Mandal between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1969, with winds reaching 72.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mandal?
The warmest month in Mandal is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Mandal?
Mandal receives on average 1,150 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mandal?
Mandal gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mandal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mandal between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2025, with 28.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mandal?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mandal.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mandal?
In Mandal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.1 °C on 26 July 2014, and the lowest was -28.0 °C on 25 January 1942.
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