Hjo climate — normals and trends
Hjo has a warm-summer humid continental climate, averaging 6.6 °C annually with 745 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
HjoVästra Götaland County
- coords
- 58.30°, 14.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
6.6°C
Average daily high
9.1°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
745mm
Sunshine / day
7.4h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
19.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
104 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
88.7 cm
Average feels-like high
5.8 °C
Average feels-like low
0.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.0 °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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
32.4 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest day
-25.0 °C
28 January 1942
Wettest day
62 mm
1 September 1978
Windiest day
55.7 km/h
9 January 2005
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
13 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
34.6 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-31.5 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
21.8 cm
4 April 1998
Sunniest day
17.9 h
13 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 89 mm | +41 mm |
| Feb | 1.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 21 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 6.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 15 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 11.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 31 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 13.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 47 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 56 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 112 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 52 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 17.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 80 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 86 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 5.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 66 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 57 mm | -2 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Hjo (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 745 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Hjo averages 104 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Hjo has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 123 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.4 °C (on 21 July 2022) and the coldest -25.0 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Hjo?
Hjo has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 745 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Hjo?
The hottest day measured in Hjo between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2022, reaching 32.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Hjo?
The coldest day measured in Hjo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1942, at -25.0 °C.
Does it snow in Hjo?
Yes. Hjo gets on average 88.7 cm of snow per year and has around 104 frost days.
Has the climate of Hjo warmed?
Yes: Hjo warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Hjo?
The wettest day measured in Hjo between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1978, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Hjo?
The windiest day measured in Hjo between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2005, with winds reaching 55.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Hjo?
The warmest month in Hjo is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is February (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Hjo?
Hjo receives on average 745 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Hjo?
Hjo gets on average 7.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,701 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Hjo?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Hjo between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1998, with 21.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Hjo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Hjo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Hjo?
In Hjo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.6 °C on 21 July 2022, and the lowest was -31.5 °C on 10 January 1987.
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