Alby climate — normals and trends
Alby (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 575 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Alby averages 123 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Alby has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 108 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 8 August 1975) and the coldest -28.2 °C (on 18 January 1940).
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
AlbyStockholm County
- coords
- 59.23°, 17.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.4°C
Average daily high
9.6°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
575mm
Sunshine / day
7.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
20.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.9 cm
Average feels-like high
6.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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
34.1 °C
8 August 1975
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
18 January 1940
Wettest day
49 mm
9 July 2009
Windiest day
47.8 km/h
2 November 1969
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
13 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
34.0 °C
7 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-33.5 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
17.9 cm
9 November 2010
Sunniest day
18.0 h
25 June 2009
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 | 1.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 63 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 1.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 7 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 7.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 11.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 17 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 32 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 66 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 98 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 19.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 65 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 67 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 51 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 5.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 32 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 38 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alby?
Alby has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 575 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alby?
The hottest day measured in Alby between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1975, reaching 34.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alby?
The coldest day measured in Alby between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1940, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Alby?
Yes. Alby gets on average 81.9 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Alby warmed?
Yes: Alby warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alby?
The wettest day measured in Alby between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2009, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alby?
The windiest day measured in Alby between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1969, with winds reaching 47.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alby?
The warmest month in Alby is July (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is February (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Alby?
Alby receives on average 575 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alby?
Alby 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 Alby?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alby between 1940 and 2025 was 9 November 2010, with 17.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alby?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Alby.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alby?
In Alby, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.0 °C on 7 August 1975, and the lowest was -33.5 °C on 10 January 1987.
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