Alvesta climate — normals and trends
Alvesta (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 689 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Alvesta averages 114 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Alvesta has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 130 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 21 July 2022) and the coldest -30.0 °C (on 28 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
AlvestaKronoberg County
- coords
- 56.90°, 14.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.4°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
689mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
88.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
38.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
31.7 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest day
-30.0 °C
28 January 1942
Wettest day
42 mm
28 June 1967
Windiest day
55.9 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
32.4 °C
7 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
28 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.5 cm
17 November 1995
Sunniest day
17.0 h
23 June 2009
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 91 mm | +40 mm |
| Feb | 1.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 13 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 7.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 11 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 15 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 71 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 18.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 70 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 21.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 108 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 37 mm | -39 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 75 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 10.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 64 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 43 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 25 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Alvesta?
Alvesta has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.4 °C and it receives 689 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Alvesta?
The hottest day measured in Alvesta between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2022, reaching 31.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Alvesta?
The coldest day measured in Alvesta between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1942, at -30.0 °C.
Does it snow in Alvesta?
Yes. Alvesta gets on average 88.0 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Alvesta warmed?
Yes: Alvesta warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Alvesta?
The wettest day measured in Alvesta between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 1967, with 42 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Alvesta?
The windiest day measured in Alvesta between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 55.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Alvesta?
The warmest month in Alvesta is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is February (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Alvesta?
Alvesta receives on average 689 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Alvesta?
Alvesta gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Alvesta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Alvesta between 1940 and 2025 was 17 November 1995, with 18.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Alvesta?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Alvesta.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Alvesta?
In Alvesta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.4 °C on 7 August 1975, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 28 January 1942.
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