Climate data for Denmark:


Where do Benny live?

My property is situated at around 57.40N 10.00E latitude. it's only 15 km from the shore of the North sea, a few kilometers from south of the City of Hjørring (Hjørring's web site).  The property, where I am gardening, is 2600 square meter.

Climate in our garden:

The coldest winter here in my garden was in 1995 - 96, that winter the temperature was down to -21C in the three week after Christmas, and the temperature wasn't above freezing for four months in a row that winter!!. The soil was frozen 100 cm down and in the peat bed, the soil was frozen to May 20th!! Normally there are temperatures down to -15 C to -18 C each winter.

Precipitation in my garden:
 
Jan: Feb: March: April: May: June: July: Aug: Sept: Oct: Nov: Dec: Year:
1994 880
1995 84 68 73 40 56 61 13 8 125 82 30 30 670
1996 23 15 6 13 89 26 22 82 58 94 114 40 556
1997 17 93 23 30 77 82 50 33 85 63 40 80 673
1998 116 60 40 80 86 133 73 56 40 177 40 69 970
1999 110 49 116 52 60 182 81 126 110 126 32 133 1177
2000 70,5 106  55   69  50,5  84  91,5  67  59  149,5 118 104  1024
2001 79 36 53 37+                 205+



Temperatures in my garden, the temperatures (Celsius) are measured in the shade 1,5 meter above ground level:
 
2000 Jan: Feb: March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. year

Minimum night
-8,5 
to
+4,7
-8,2
to 
+5,4
-3,8
to
+3,3
-2,2
to
+12,8
+5,3 
to
+15,8
+4
to
+17,5
+9,5
to
+14,6
+5
to
+17,8
+4,4
to
+11,4
+4,5
to 
+11.8
-0,2
to
+5,6
-9,8
to
+8,3
-9,8
to
+17,5
Maximum
day
-0,9
to 
+6,5
+2,9
to
+7,7
-0,5
to
+12
+5,5
to 
+27,4
+12,7
to
+29,3
+15,6
to
+31,2
+17,1
to
+27,4
+17
to
+24,4
+12,1
to
+20,4
+8,8
to
+18
+4,4
to
+9,1
-5
to
+10,1
-5
to
+31,2
Number of nights below freezing 11 13 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 57
Number of days below freezing 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11
Additional notes to the weather in 2000:
This year was again a very wet year (a new record for February). It was a cold year too, there was only 11 days with temperature above 25C! one of those days was a new record of 27,4C in April. October was frost free for the second time in more than 110 years, and it was the warmest November since 1953.
 
2001 Jan: Feb: March April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Minimum night
-9,2 
to
+3,3
-12
to 
+3,2
-13,5
to
+3,7
Maximum
day
-1,3
to 
+5,2
-8,8
to
+9,3
-1,9 
to
+10,6
Number of nights below freezing 18 17 20 1
Number of days below freezing 6 10 2 0



The the figures in the tables below is from various books about the Danish weather, they are measured from 1890 to 2000

Temperature (Celsius):
Jan: Feb: March: April: May: June: July: Aug: Sept: Oct: Nov: Dec: Year:
Night & day temperature:  0 0 2 6 11 14 16 16 13 9 5 2 7,8
Maximum temperature: 4,6
to
12,0
5,0
to
15,8
7,9
to
22,2
13,8
to
27,4 
19,6
to
32,8
25,0
to
35,5
23,5
to
35,3
23,7
to
36,4
21,2
to
32,3 
15,0
to
24,1
12,0
to
18,5
6,9
to
14,3
Minimum temperature: -31,2
to
-3,1 
-29
to
-4,2 
-27
to
-3,8
-19
to
-3,5
-8
to
-1,2
-3,5
to
2,6
-0,9
to
6,0 
-2
to
5,4 
-5,6
to
2,2
-11,9
to
0,7
-21,3
to
-1,6
-25,6
to
-7,2

Precipitation measured in millimeters (mm.):
Jan: Feb: March: April: May: June: July: Aug: Sept: Oct: Nov: Dec: Year:
Normal  57 38  46 41 48  55 66  67  73  76  79 66  712
Maximum 113 106 100 98 138 123 140 167 162 177 155 140 1177
Minimum 6 2 7 3 9 1 15 10 18 12 12 7 464

Sun hours:
Jan: Feb: March: April: May: June: July: Aug: Sept: Oct: Nov: Dec: Year:
Normal 
sun hours:
40 65 115 175 235 245 230 215 145 95 50 35 1645
Maximum sun hours:
Year:
82
1963
127
1932
200
1943
288
1974
359
1947
351
1992
343
1994
338
1945
224
1959
162
1922
92
1989
62
1970
2022
1947
Minimum sun hours:
Year:
12
1996
11
1926
50
1963
87
1937
118
1983
127
1987
158
1922
136
1980
94
1993
26
1976
21
1993
6
1959
1437
1954
Daylight hours: 238 268 366 424 502 520 520 463 381 322 248 219 4471


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