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How extreme does Esbjerg's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Esbjerg has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Billund station 53 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Esbjerg has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
95°F Jul 20, 2022

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Esbjerg (typical high near 71°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 95°F Jul 20, 2022recent
2 90°F Aug 7, 2018
3 90°F Jul 25, 1994
❄️ Coldest night
-2°F Jan 4, 2003

About 32°F colder than a normal January night in Esbjerg (typical low near 29°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -2°F Jan 4, 2003
2 -2°F Jan 7, 2003
3 -2°F Jan 5, 2003
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.99 in Aug 19, 2010

More rain in a single day than Esbjerg usually gets in the whole month of August (typical August total about 2.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.99 in Aug 19, 2010
2 2.75 in Sep 28, 2024
3 2.44 in Sep 5, 2015

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 95°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Esbjerg's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 95°F is about 25°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Esbjerg's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 95°F and as low as −2°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Nordby (fano), a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →