Filipstad climate — normals and trends
Filipstad (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.1 °C and it receives 771 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 (16.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Filipstad averages 143 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Filipstad 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 154 to 132 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 31.7 °C (on 9 August 1975) and the coldest -28.8 °C (on 10 February 1985).
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
FilipstadVärmland County
- coords
- 59.71°, 14.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.1°C
Average daily high
8.2°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
771mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
143 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
133.7 cm
Average feels-like high
5.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 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
+1.7 °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
31.7 °C
9 August 1975
Coldest day
-28.8 °C
10 February 1985
Wettest day
48 mm
11 August 1967
Windiest day
43.6 km/h
29 September 1969
Strongest gust
103.7 km/h
29 November 1999
Hottest feels-like
32.2 °C
6 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-35.0 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
16.8 cm
23 March 1986
Sunniest day
18.0 h
9 June 1940
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 | -0.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 99 mm | +47 mm |
| Feb | 0.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 26 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 6.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 11.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 45 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 49 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 17.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 94 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 143 mm | +48 mm |
| Aug | 18.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 77 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 16.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 129 mm | +56 mm |
| Oct | 9.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 81 mm | +16 mm |
| Nov | 4.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 63 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 3.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 54 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Filipstad?
Filipstad has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.1 °C and it receives 771 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Filipstad?
The hottest day measured in Filipstad between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1975, reaching 31.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Filipstad?
The coldest day measured in Filipstad between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1985, at -28.8 °C.
Does it snow in Filipstad?
Yes. Filipstad gets on average 133.7 cm of snow per year and has around 143 frost days.
Has the climate of Filipstad warmed?
Yes: Filipstad warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Filipstad?
The wettest day measured in Filipstad between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1967, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Filipstad?
The windiest day measured in Filipstad between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 1969, with winds reaching 43.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Filipstad?
The warmest month in Filipstad is July (16.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Filipstad?
Filipstad receives on average 771 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Filipstad?
Filipstad 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 Filipstad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Filipstad between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1986, with 16.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Filipstad?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Filipstad.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Filipstad?
In Filipstad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.2 °C on 6 August 1975, and the lowest was -35.0 °C on 10 January 1987.
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