Motala climate — normals and trends
Motala (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 622 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Motala averages 110 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Motala has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 125 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 21 July 2022) and the coldest -25.3 °C (on 10 January 1987).
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
MotalaÖstergötland County
- coords
- 58.54°, 15.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.5°C
Average daily high
9.3°C
Average daily low
3.8°C
Annual rainfall
622mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
85.5 cm
Average feels-like high
6.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.4 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 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
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
33.0 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
10 January 1987
Wettest day
65 mm
11 August 1967
Windiest day
52.4 km/h
9 January 2005
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
3 March 1997
Hottest feels-like
33.9 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
10 January 1987
Snowiest day
17.7 cm
6 December 1985
Sunniest day
18.0 h
16 June 2006
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 | +3.1 °C | 77 mm | +36 mm |
| Feb | 1.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 16 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 6.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 11 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 11.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 19 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 36 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 18.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 51 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 113 mm | +34 mm |
| Aug | 19.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 43 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 17.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 101 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 10.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 67 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 5.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 43 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 43 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Motala?
Motala has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.5 °C and it receives 622 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Motala?
The hottest day measured in Motala between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2022, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Motala?
The coldest day measured in Motala between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1987, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Motala?
Yes. Motala gets on average 85.5 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Motala warmed?
Yes: Motala warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Motala?
The wettest day measured in Motala between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1967, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Motala?
The windiest day measured in Motala between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2005, with winds reaching 52.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Motala?
The warmest month in Motala is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is February (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Motala?
Motala receives on average 622 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Motala?
Motala gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Motala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Motala between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1985, with 17.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Motala?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Motala.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Motala?
In Motala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 21 July 2022, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 10 January 1987.
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