Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Herning
Herning climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean8°day and night
Seasonal swing15°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation954 mm161 wet days a year
56.14° N, 8.98° EElevation 60 mUTC+2 · Central European Summer Time
When to goHerning · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low12° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Herning has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 20° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 954 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (92 mm, 16 wet days) and April the driest (46 mm, 10 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in May to 55% in January.
Compared with Copenhagen, the capital, Herning is 2.2° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 20° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- May · 36% cloud
- Longest day
- 17 h 37 min
- Shortest day
- 6 h 58 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 4° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 16° | 12° | 7° | 4° |
| Average low | -1° | -1° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 7° | 3° | 0° |
| Precipitation | 88 mm | 66 mm | 71 mm | 46 mm | 57 mm | 73 mm | 73 mm | 92 mm | 96 mm | 115 mm | 91 mm | 86 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.5 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 14.1 | 16 | 13.7 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.8 |
| Cloud cover | 55% | 54% | 49% | 41% | 36% | 38% | 36% | 37% | 43% | 47% | 52% | 55% |
| Daylight | 7h 34 | 9h 36 | 11h 46 | 14h 11 | 16h 19 | 17h 37 | 17h 05 | 15h 09 | 12h 49 | 10h 30 | 8h 16 | 6h 58 |
| Month score | 15 | 23 | 24 | 34 | 53 | 64 | 65 | 64 | 52 | 27 | 16 | 15 |
ivMonth by month
Herning in every month
January15
3° / -1°
88 mm · 14.5 wet days
February23
4° / -1°
66 mm · 10.8 wet days
March24
6° / 0°
71 mm · 10.9 wet days
April34
11° / 3°
46 mm · 9.9 wet days
May53
15° / 7°
57 mm · 12.6 wet days
June64
18° / 10°
73 mm · 12.7 wet days
July65
20° / 12°
73 mm · 14.1 wet days
August64
20° / 12°
92 mm · 16 wet days
September52
16° / 10°
96 mm · 13.7 wet days
October27
12° / 7°
115 mm · 15.7 wet days
November16
7° / 3°
91 mm · 15.3 wet days
December15
4° / 0°
86 mm · 14.8 wet days