Tierp climate — normals and trends
Tierp (Sweden) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 594 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Tierp averages 143 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Tierp 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 153 to 133 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 8 August 1975) and the coldest -32.8 °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
TierpUppsala County
- coords
- 60.34°, 17.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.8°C
Average daily high
9.5°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
594mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
143 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
97.5 cm
Average feels-like high
6.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.3 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.4 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
35.1 °C
8 August 1975
Coldest day
-32.8 °C
18 February 1970
Wettest day
64 mm
28 August 2022
Windiest day
44.4 km/h
3 January 1954
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
22 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
6 August 1975
Coldest feels-like
-37.3 °C
18 February 1970
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
28 April 1995
Sunniest day
18.0 h
17 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 65 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | 1.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 11 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 8.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 7 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 12.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 34 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | -1.6 °C | 46 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 18.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 104 mm | +42 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 152 mm | +74 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 62 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 77 mm | +23 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 56 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 4.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 34 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 4.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 39 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tierp?
Tierp has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.8 °C and it receives 594 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tierp?
The hottest day measured in Tierp between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1975, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tierp?
The coldest day measured in Tierp between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1970, at -32.8 °C.
Does it snow in Tierp?
Yes. Tierp gets on average 97.5 cm of snow per year and has around 143 frost days.
Has the climate of Tierp warmed?
Yes: Tierp warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tierp?
The wettest day measured in Tierp between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2022, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tierp?
The windiest day measured in Tierp between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1954, with winds reaching 44.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tierp?
The warmest month in Tierp is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Tierp?
Tierp receives on average 594 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tierp?
Tierp 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 Tierp?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tierp between 1940 and 2025 was 28 April 1995, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tierp?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tierp.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tierp?
In Tierp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 6 August 1975, and the lowest was -37.3 °C on 18 February 1970.
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