Gislaved climate — normals and trends
Gislaved (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 817 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 (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Gislaved averages 114 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Gislaved 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 129 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 21 July 2022) and the coldest -29.1 °C (on 29 January 1941).
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
GislavedJönköping
- coords
- 57.30°, 13.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.5°C
Average daily high
9.8°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
817mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
95.4 cm
Average feels-like high
6.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
39.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
33.8 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest day
-29.1 °C
29 January 1941
Wettest day
52 mm
1 September 1951
Windiest day
56.3 km/h
8 January 2005
Strongest gust
149.8 km/h
8 January 2005
Hottest feels-like
33.8 °C
7 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-34.4 °C
28 January 1942
Snowiest day
22.8 cm
18 April 1999
Sunniest day
17.2 h
19 June 2025
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 | +2.9 °C | 104 mm | +42 mm |
| Feb | 2.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 21 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 8.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 18 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 18 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 54 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 87 mm | +10 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 110 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 19.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 54 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 17.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 105 mm | +26 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 73 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 5.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 57 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 41 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gislaved?
Gislaved has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 817 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gislaved?
The hottest day measured in Gislaved between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2022, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gislaved?
The coldest day measured in Gislaved between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1941, at -29.1 °C.
Does it snow in Gislaved?
Yes. Gislaved gets on average 95.4 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Gislaved warmed?
Yes: Gislaved warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gislaved?
The wettest day measured in Gislaved between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1951, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gislaved?
The windiest day measured in Gislaved between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2005, with winds reaching 56.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gislaved?
The warmest month in Gislaved is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is February (-2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Gislaved?
Gislaved receives on average 817 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gislaved?
Gislaved 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 Gislaved?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gislaved between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1999, with 22.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gislaved?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gislaved.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gislaved?
In Gislaved, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.8 °C on 7 August 1975, and the lowest was -34.4 °C on 28 January 1942.
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