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Skjern climate by month
What the weather is like
Skjern has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 20° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of 0°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 910 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (117 mm, 17 wet days) and April the driest (41 mm, 11 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in May to 53% in January.
The sea reaches about 18° in August. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Copenhagen, the capital, Skjern is 2.1° cooler on a August afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 20° · August
- Coldest nights
- 0° · February
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- May · 36% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 18° · August
- Longest day
- 17 h 34 min
- Shortest day
- 7 h 01 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 4° | 4° | 6° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low | 0° | 0° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 4° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 79 mm | 58 mm | 64 mm | 41 mm | 53 mm | 66 mm | 65 mm | 90 mm | 97 mm | 117 mm | 95 mm | 85 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 16.1 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 16.6 | 15 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 16.1 |
| Cloud cover | 53% | 52% | 47% | 40% | 36% | 38% | 36% | 36% | 42% | 46% | 51% | 53% |
| Sea temperature | 4° | 3° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 6° |
| Daylight | 7h 36 | 9h 37 | 11h 46 | 14h 10 | 16h 17 | 17h 34 | 17h 02 | 15h 08 | 12h 49 | 10h 31 | 8h 18 | 7h 01 |
| Month score | 15 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 52 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 54 | 30 | 16 | 15 |