Söderhamn climate by month
What the weather is like
Söderhamn has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22° and nights 12°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 0° and lows of -7°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 20°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 702 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (58 mm, 13 wet days) and April the driest (43 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 35% in May to 54% in November.
The sea reaches about 16° 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 Stockholm, the capital, Söderhamn is 1.5° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 22° · July
- Coldest nights
- -7° · February
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- April
- Clearest skies
- May · 35% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 16° · August
- Longest day
- 19 h 20 min
- Shortest day
- 5 h 30 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 | 0° | 0° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 22° | 20° | 16° | 9° | 4° | 1° |
| Average low | -7° | -7° | -4° | -1° | 4° | 9° | 12° | 11° | 7° | 2° | -2° | -5° |
| Precipitation | 48 mm | 38 mm | 39 mm | 43 mm | 45 mm | 67 mm | 71 mm | 86 mm | 71 mm | 70 mm | 66 mm | 58 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 11.5 | 9.7 | 9 | 8.1 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 13.2 |
| Cloud cover | 52% | 50% | 48% | 42% | 35% | 36% | 36% | 38% | 41% | 47% | 54% | 52% |
| Sea temperature | 2° | 1° | 1° | 2° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 3° |
| Daylight | 6h 21 | 9h 00 | 11h 41 | 14h 40 | 17h 27 | 19h 20 | 18h 32 | 15h 55 | 13h 00 | 10h 09 | 7h 18 | 5h 30 |
| Month score | 22 | 27 | 29 | 34 | 53 | 76 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 22 | 19 | 18 |