Skövde climate — normals and trends
Skövde (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 666 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 (16.7 °C on average) and the coldest is February (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Skövde averages 114 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Skövde has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 125 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 8 August 1975) and the coldest -27.2 °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.
Climate normals · ERA5
SkövdeVästra Götaland County
- coords
- 58.39°, 13.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.7°C
Average daily high
9.9°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
666mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
16.3km/h
Seasonal range
19.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.0 cm
Average feels-like high
7.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.2 °C
Average peak gust
36.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.8 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
33.1 °C
8 August 1975
Coldest day
-27.2 °C
28 January 1942
Wettest day
48 mm
21 June 1990
Windiest day
45.2 km/h
9 January 2005
Strongest gust
108.4 km/h
13 January 1984
Hottest feels-like
34.8 °C
8 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
9 February 1966
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
4 April 1998
Sunniest day
17.9 h
13 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 80 mm | +38 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 16 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 8.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 11 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 31 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 14.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 44 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 19.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 72 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 113 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 41 mm | -40 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 67 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 10.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 80 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 5.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 42 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 47 mm | +0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Skövde?
Skövde has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 666 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Skövde?
The hottest day measured in Skövde between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1975, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Skövde?
The coldest day measured in Skövde between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1942, at -27.2 °C.
Does it snow in Skövde?
Yes. Skövde gets on average 80.0 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Skövde warmed?
Yes: Skövde warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Skövde?
The wettest day measured in Skövde between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1990, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Skövde?
The windiest day measured in Skövde between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 2005, with winds reaching 45.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Skövde?
The warmest month in Skövde is July (16.7 °C on average); the coldest is February (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Skövde?
Skövde receives on average 666 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Skövde?
Skövde 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 Skövde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Skövde between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1998, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Skövde?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Skövde.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Skövde?
In Skövde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.8 °C on 8 August 1975, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 9 February 1966.
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