Climate of Denmark

Denmark has an oceanic climate.
Most of the time, winters and summers are mild.

## Weather records

The highest temperature ever recorded in Denmark was  on 10 August 1975 in Holstebro.

The lowest temperature ever recorded in Denmark was  on 8 January 1982 in Hørsted.

The highest 24-hour precipitation recorded in Denmark was 168,9 millimeters on 9 July 1931 in Marstal.

The highest wind gust ever recorded in Denmark was  on 28 October 2013 in Sønderborg.

The warmest year on record in Denmark was 2014, with a national average temperature of .

The coldest year on record in Denmark was 1879, with a national average temperature of .

The wettest year on record in Denmark was 2023, with a national average precipitation sum of 977 millimeters.

The driest year on record in Denmark was 1947, with a national average precipitation sum of 466 millimeters.

## Top 10 warmest days measured in Denmark

|Rank|Temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.||10 August 1975|Holstebro|
|2.||20 July 2022|Abed, Lolland|
|3.||13 August 1911|Slagelse|
|4.||7 August 1875|Herning|
|5.||1 August 1948|Vorbasse|
|6.||29 June 1947|Hillerød|
|7.||12 July 1941|Studsgård|
|8.||10 July 1941|Erslev|
|9.||10 August 1992|Klemensker|
|10.||31 July 1948|Klosterhede Plantage|

## Top 10 coldest days measured in Denmark

|Rank|Temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.||8 January 1982|Hørsted|
|2.||26 January 1942|Løndal|
|3.||29 January 1941|Viborg|
|4.||18 January 1893|Holbæk|
|5.||8 February 1942|Ikast|
|6.||10 February 1956|Ulstrup|
|7.||20 February 1940|Kibæk|
|8.||13 February 1895|Hadsten|
|9.||21 February 1963|Randers|
|10.||6 March 1888|Holbæk|

## Highest & lowest temperature per year in Denmark, 2005-2026

|Year|Highest Temperature|Date|Location|Lowest Temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2026|||||11 January|Ikast|
|2025||2 July|Holbæk||16 February|Roskilde|
|2024||27 June|Aabenraa||7 January|Brønderslev|
|2023||15 July|Abed||2 December|Isenvad|
|2022||20 July|Abed||16 December|Isenvad|
|2021||20 June|Allinge-Sandvig||12 February|Billund|
|2020||9 August|Copenhagen||25 December|Horsens|
|2019||25 July|Herning||29 January|Hjørring|
|2018||8 August|Hillerød||2 March|Abed|
|2017||27 May|Herning||16 January|Isenvad|
|2016||26 August|Roskilde||21 January|Karup|
|2015||5 July|Copenhagen||4 February|Års Syd|
|2014||3 August|Rønne||29 December|Roskilde|
|2013||2 August|Karup||16 January|Roskilde|
|2012||20 August|Copenhagen||5 February|Odense|
|2011||6 June|Rønne||21 February|Brønderslev|
|2010||11 July|Allinge-Sandvig||22 December|Holbæk|
|2009||20 August|St. Jyndevad||20 December|Horsens|
|2008||29 July|Askov||23 March|Billund|
|2007||11 June|Karup||25 January|Karup|
|2006||20 July|Ringkøbing||23 January|Holbæk|
|2005||12 July|Roskilde||4 March|Roskilde|

## Highest & lowest temperatures per month in Denmark

|Month|Highest Temperature|Date|Location|Lowest Temperature|Date|Location|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**January**||1 January 2023|Abed||8 January 1982|Hørsted|
|**February**||24 February 1990, 26 February 2019|Copenhagen, Aarhus||8 February 1942|Ikast|
|**March**||18 March 1990|Viborg||6 March 1888|Holbæk|
|**April**||27 April 1993|Holbæk||3 April 1922|Brønderslev|
|**May**||27 May 1892|Herning||14 May 1900|Silkeborg|
|**June**||29 June 1947|Hillerød||2 June 1936|Lemvig|
|**July**||20 July 2022|Abed||16 July 1903|Silkeborg|
|**August**||10 August 1975|Holstebro||29 August 1885|Varde|
|**September**||3 September 1906|Randers||25 September 1886|Aalborg|
|**October**||1 October 2011|Åbenrå||30 October 1880|Torstedlund|
|**November**||2 November 1968|Vordingborg||30 November 1973|Ringkøbing|
|**December**||5 December 1953|Nordby||17 December 1981|Ringkøbing|

### Highest average temperature per month

|Month|Year|Avg Temp.|
| --- | --- | --- |
|January|2020|5.5°C|
|February|1990|5.5°C|
|March|1990|6.1°C|
|April|2011|9.9°C|
|May|2018|15.0°C|
|June|1889|18.2°C|
|July|2006|19.8°C|
|August|1997|20.4°C|
|September|2023|16.3°C|
|October|2006|12.2°C|
|November|2006|8.1°C|
|December|2006|7.0°C|

### Highest average temperature by season

|Season|Year|Avg Temp.|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Winter|2019-2020|5.0°C|
|Spring|2007|9.0°C|
|Summer|1997 & 2018|17.7°C|
|Autumn|2006|12.2°C|

### Lowest average temperature per month

|Month|Year|Avg Temp.|
| --- | --- | --- |
|January|1942|-6.6°C|
|February|1947|-7.1°C|
|March|1942|-3.5°C|
|April|1888|2.5°C|
|May|1902|8.1°C|
|June|1923|10.7°C|
|July|1979|13.6°C|
|August|1902|12.8°C|
|September|1877|10.0°C|
|October|1905|5.2°C|
|November|1919|0.7°C|
|December|1981|-4.0°C|

### Lowest average temperature by season

|Season|Year|Avg Temp.|
| --- | --- | --- |
|Winter|1939-1940/ 1962–1963|-3.5°C|
|Spring|1888|2.9°C|
|Summer|1987|13.4°C|
|Autumn|1922 & 1952|6.7°C|

### Highest precipitation per month

|Month|Year|Avg Precipitation|
| --- | --- | --- |
|January|2023|125 millimeters|
|February|2020|136 millimeters|
|March|2019|107 millimeters|
|April|2024|104 millimeters|
|May|1983|138 millimeters|
|June|2007|124 millimeters|
|July|2023|141 millimeters|
|August|1891|167 millimeters|
|September|1994|162 millimeters|
|October|1967|177 millimeters|
|November|1969|155 millimeters|
|December|1985|140 millimeters|

## Highest wind gust per year in Denmark 2011-2025

|Year|Gust|Date|Location|Cause|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**2025**||7 January 2025|Lemvig|Storm Floriane|
|**2024**||23 February 2024|Hjørring|Storm Rolf|
|**2023**||21 December 2023|Lemvig|Storm Pia|
|**2022**||19 February 2022|Gedser Odde|Storm Eunice|
|**2021**||30 November 2021|Frederikshavn||
|**2020**||9 February 2020|Kolding|Storm Ciara|
|**2019**||15 December 2019|Sønderborg|Storm Elsa|
|**2018**||21 September 2018|Thisted|Storm Knud|
|**2017**||29 October 2017|Kalundborg|Storm Ingolf|
|**2016**||26 December 2016|Lemvig|Storm Urd|
|**2015**||29 November 2015|Odsherred|Storm Gorm|
|**2014**||20 December 2014|Varde||
|**2013**||28 October 2013|Sønderborg|St Jude Storm|
|**2012**||3 January 2012|Thisted|Storm Ulli|
|**2011**||27 November 2011|Thisted||