Sala climate — normals and trends
Sala (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 620 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 January (-4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Sala averages 143 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Sala 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 152 to 134 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 7 August 1975) and the coldest -31.0 °C (on 18 February 1970).
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
SalaVästmanland County
- coords
- 59.92°, 16.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
1.9°C
Annual rainfall
620mm
Sunshine / day
7.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
143 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
101.5 cm
Average feels-like high
6.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.9 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
+1.7 °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
34.6 °C
7 August 1975
Coldest day
-31.0 °C
18 February 1970
Wettest day
87 mm
28 August 2022
Windiest day
43.3 km/h
3 January 1954
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
22 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
7 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-36.2 °C
19 February 1970
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
2 November 1968
Sunniest day
18.0 h
22 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 70 mm | +31 mm |
| Feb | 1.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 14 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 8.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 8 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 38 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 14.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 65 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 108 mm | +43 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 137 mm | +58 mm |
| Aug | 19.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 56 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 67 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 10.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 62 mm | +10 mm |
| Nov | 4.6 °C | +1.5 °C | 41 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 45 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sala?
Sala has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 620 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sala?
The hottest day measured in Sala between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1975, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sala?
The coldest day measured in Sala between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1970, at -31.0 °C.
Does it snow in Sala?
Yes. Sala gets on average 101.5 cm of snow per year and has around 143 frost days.
Has the climate of Sala warmed?
Yes: Sala warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sala?
The wettest day measured in Sala between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2022, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sala?
The windiest day measured in Sala between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1954, with winds reaching 43.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sala?
The warmest month in Sala is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Sala?
Sala receives on average 620 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sala?
Sala gets on average 7.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,628 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sala between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1968, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sala?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sala.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sala?
In Sala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 7 August 1975, and the lowest was -36.2 °C on 19 February 1970.
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