Falköping climate — normals and trends
Falköping (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 700 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 (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Falköping averages 123 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Falköping has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 134 to 112 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.3 °C (on 31 July 2018) and the coldest -31.8 °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
FalköpingVästra Götaland County
- coords
- 58.17°, 13.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
700mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
87.1 cm
Average feels-like high
6.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.5 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
34.3 °C
31 July 2018
Coldest day
-31.8 °C
28 January 1942
Wettest day
43 mm
25 June 2012
Windiest day
45.9 km/h
22 September 1969
Strongest gust
113.0 km/h
14 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-37.2 °C
28 January 1942
Snowiest day
25.2 cm
18 April 1999
Sunniest day
17.7 h
14 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 85 mm | +40 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 16 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 8.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 12 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 28 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 14.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 52 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 19.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 74 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 94 mm | +8 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 41 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 17.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 71 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 81 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 5.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 40 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 4.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 44 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Falköping?
Falköping has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 700 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Falköping?
The hottest day measured in Falköping between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2018, reaching 34.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Falköping?
The coldest day measured in Falköping between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1942, at -31.8 °C.
Does it snow in Falköping?
Yes. Falköping gets on average 87.1 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Falköping warmed?
Yes: Falköping warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Falköping?
The wettest day measured in Falköping between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 2012, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Falköping?
The windiest day measured in Falköping between 1940 and 2025 was 22 September 1969, with winds reaching 45.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Falköping?
The warmest month in Falköping is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Falköping?
Falköping receives on average 700 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Falköping?
Falköping gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Falköping?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Falköping between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1999, with 25.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Falköping?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Falköping.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Falköping?
In Falköping, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 21 July 2022, and the lowest was -37.2 °C on 28 January 1942.
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