Sweden Weather Records in 2022

5,355 weather records set or tied in Sweden in 2022, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Sweden in 2022

5,355 weather records were set or tied in Sweden in 2022.
3,092 were record highs and 309 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
10,852 records set in 2022 still stand in Sweden.

Records per Year, by Type

2022 outlined

Records set or tied in Sweden each year from 1866 to 2026, stacked by type. 2022 had 5,355.

Weather records per year in Sweden, stacked by type, 2022 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Deepest snow cover	Total
1866	0	0	0	0	20	0	20
1867	0	0	0	0	12	0	12
1868	0	0	0	0	12	0	12
1869	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
1870	0	0	0	0	6	0	6
1871	0	0	0	0	8	0	8
1872	0	0	0	0	12	0	12
1873	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
1874	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
1875	0	0	0	0	6	0	6
1876	0	0	0	0	7	0	7
1877	0	0	0	0	10	0	10
1878	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
1879	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
1880	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1881	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
1882	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
1883	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
1884	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
1885	0	0	13	7	7	0	27
1886	0	0	21	12	4	0	37
1887	0	0	14	6	4	0	24
1888	0	0	5	37	7	0	49
1889	0	0	12	4	94	0	110
1890	0	0	18	6	320	0	344
1891	0	0	13	12	241	0	266
1892	0	0	6	10	171	0	187
1893	0	0	7	13	212	0	232
1894	0	0	10	9	252	0	271
1895	0	0	8	7	248	0	263
1896	0	0	11	1	228	0	240
1897	0	0	16	2	235	0	253
1898	0	0	6	3	310	0	319
1899	0	0	4	4	188	0	196
1900	0	0	5	6	208	0	219
1901	0	0	15	1	153	0	169
1902	0	0	1	9	170	0	180
1903	0	0	16	1	219	0	236
1904	0	0	2	7	215	0	224
1905	0	0	12	2	130	0	144
1906	0	0	12	3	199	0	214
1907	0	0	9	1	204	0	214
1908	0	0	7	7	196	0	210
1909	0	0	4	3	256	0	263
1910	0	0	8	2	521	0	531
1911	0	0	10	7	381	0	398
1912	123	303	254	278	578	0	1,536
1913	180	117	309	148	378	0	1,132
1914	408	102	613	46	399	0	1,568
1915	42	496	63	344	423	0	1,368
1916	108	250	198	174	565	0	1,295
1917	114	252	245	276	358	0	1,245
1918	128	160	213	157	410	0	1,068
1919	94	277	135	216	431	0	1,153
1920	189	86	300	55	436	0	1,066
1921	254	119	268	141	445	0	1,227
1922	72	177	148	116	338	0	851
1923	106	260	116	164	436	0	1,082
1924	148	182	306	120	530	0	1,286
1925	204	197	365	222	453	0	1,441
1926	89	164	172	149	478	0	1,052
1927	96	246	229	150	540	0	1,261
1928	94	180	152	129	456	0	1,011
1929	156	267	327	164	414	0	1,328
1930	267	63	505	44	447	0	1,326
1931	91	192	211	191	405	0	1,090
1932	237	108	418	71	352	0	1,186
1933	201	78	311	77	308	0	975
1934	406	25	697	30	527	0	1,685
1935	157	81	350	97	595	0	1,280
1936	178	82	335	65	440	20	1,120
1937	283	95	506	71	447	25	1,427
1938	444	37	702	42	412	0	1,637
1939	222	74	423	104	350	20	1,193
1940	81	282	103	304	312	2	1,084
1941	230	345	172	503	268	7	1,525
1942	153	451	173	481	288	16	1,562
1943	184	61	326	75	384	61	1,091
1944	170	73	230	138	474	2	1,087
1945	188	57	259	70	432	23	1,029
1946	126	73	237	95	346	0	877
1947	380	268	291	223	254	9	1,425
1948	378	67	337	146	367	10	1,305
1949	301	71	408	138	434	13	1,365
1950	86	88	166	89	432	3	864
1951	131	78	214	173	338	36	970
1952	82	198	70	229	337	31	947
1953	276	75	360	53	385	18	1,167
1954	84	58	142	68	373	18	743
1955	232	243	234	393	348	130	1,580
1956	94	283	104	300	245	48	1,074
1957	190	217	244	169	358	33	1,211
1958	218	210	205	218	323	7	1,181
1959	411	91	439	118	363	30	1,452
1960	116	212	418	135	480	24	1,385
1961	604	81	871	96	481	13	2,146
1962	153	315	179	321	397	43	1,408
1963	157	211	272	280	378	23	1,321
1964	268	164	304	158	328	16	1,238
1965	82	448	199	417	455	72	1,673
1966	139	714	171	690	597	249	2,560
1967	128	169	268	206	531	60	1,362
1968	301	438	403	463	412	61	2,078
1969	285	280	140	275	364	93	1,437
1970	155	253	154	263	420	63	1,308
1971	542	552	728	676	394	14	2,906
1972	392	194	825	207	383	125	2,126
1973	478	600	620	812	437	53	3,000
1974	503	156	636	231	545	97	2,168
1975	1,878	354	2,030	507	2,857	47	7,673
1976	482	993	668	1,218	2,672	389	6,422
1977	636	1,173	801	821	4,816	171	8,418
1978	1,034	1,522	852	1,589	2,972	77	8,046
1979	405	1,058	540	947	4,226	88	7,264
1980	454	867	789	1,089	3,863	155	7,217
1981	822	1,411	824	1,451	4,547	220	9,275
1982	1,063	879	1,284	860	3,516	97	7,699
1983	1,579	351	1,858	493	3,568	112	7,961
1984	787	568	1,229	503	3,731	229	7,047
1985	421	2,272	465	1,431	3,991	114	8,694
1986	1,037	1,247	991	1,071	3,266	29	7,641
1987	530	2,898	652	1,731	3,665	50	9,526
1988	671	650	1,582	742	4,162	311	8,118
1989	3,453	411	3,502	643	3,345	299	11,653
1990	2,855	213	3,664	199	4,527	3	11,461
1991	1,131	533	1,380	424	3,557	11	7,036
1992	1,844	1,394	1,980	973	3,909	314	10,414
1993	1,808	1,043	1,102	819	4,140	290	9,202
1994	1,456	387	1,391	702	3,818	169	7,923
1995	1,049	1,308	1,617	963	4,549	247	9,733
1996	902	879	992	820	3,076	99	6,768
1997	1,547	280	2,182	535	3,891	473	8,908
1998	890	666	1,587	446	3,893	59	7,541
1999	1,371	518	1,808	407	4,140	22	8,266
2000	1,782	324	2,935	320	4,824	25	10,210
2001	769	687	1,373	711	3,401	40	6,981
2002	2,059	879	2,464	549	3,463	30	9,444
2003	1,514	472	1,625	591	2,982	18	7,202
2004	840	298	1,261	439	2,945	35	5,818
2005	1,829	161	1,584	328	3,368	21	7,291
2006	2,992	354	2,556	480	3,646	110	10,138
2007	1,993	318	1,704	294	3,040	49	7,398
2008	1,029	339	1,088	324	3,414	70	6,264
2009	853	335	927	401	2,907	18	5,441
2010	356	1,184	1,006	1,029	3,365	125	7,065
2011	1,609	145	1,851	224	3,216	9	7,054
2012	872	509	791	559	3,559	42	6,332
2013	1,016	204	1,316	464	2,091	56	5,147
2014	1,651	313	2,298	275	3,067	9	7,613
2015	1,622	141	1,267	144	2,695	48	5,917
2016	1,019	398	1,113	335	1,958	29	4,852
2017	593	231	511	386	2,300	53	4,074
2018	2,404	160	2,021	281	1,721	111	6,698
2019	1,485	280	1,321	349	2,642	11	6,088
2020	1,938	140	2,476	252	2,655	70	7,531
2021	999	248	1,135	280	3,037	53	5,752
2022	1,572	128	1,520	181	1,941	13	5,355
2023	841	456	1,036	482	2,922	141	5,878
2024	1,834	365	1,843	371	2,547	26	6,986
2025	1,932	162	2,134	111	1,938	8	6,285
2026	1,090	422	1,123	477	1,668	3	4,783

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Sweden: 1880s 1.0 to 1, 1890s 1.5 to 1, 1900s 2.1 to 1, 1910s 0.9 to 1, 1920s 1.2 to 1, 1930s 4.3 to 1, 1940s 1.2 to 1, 1950s 1.2 to 1, 1960s 0.9 to 1, 1970s 1.0 to 1, 1980s 1.1 to 1, 1990s 2.4 to 1, 2000s 3.9 to 1, 2010s 3.5 to 1, 2020s 5.3 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Sweden, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1880s	0.98 to 1
1890s	1.51 to 1
1900s	2.10 to 1
1910s	0.91 to 1
1920s	1.17 to 1
1930s	4.33 to 1
1940s	1.21 to 1
1950s	1.20 to 1
1960s	0.90 to 1
1970s	1.02 to 1
1980s	1.11 to 1
1990s	2.42 to 1
2000s	3.87 to 1
2010s	3.45 to 1
2020s	5.29 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2022: 10,852

Records still standing in Sweden by the year they were set. 10,852 of them were set in 2022.

Standing records in Sweden by the year they were set, 2022 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1836	4
1837	2
1838	3
1839	2
1840	8
1841	18
1842	18
1843	21
1844	21
1845	6
1846	7
1847	11
1848	16
1849	14
1850	20
1851	11
1852	24
1853	21
1854	13
1855	23
1856	28
1857	22
1858	13
1859	44
1860	90
1861	69
1862	59
1863	49
1864	89
1865	63
1866	88
1867	91
1868	89
1869	42
1870	62
1871	29
1872	86
1873	67
1874	28
1875	45
1876	62
1877	61
1878	64
1879	85
1880	72
1881	88
1882	495
1883	300
1884	516
1885	570
1886	344
1887	422
1888	771
1889	418
1890	397
1891	447
1892	409
1893	712
1894	488
1895	415
1896	424
1897	396
1898	484
1899	662
1900	657
1901	786
1902	774
1903	547
1904	468
1905	590
1906	542
1907	594
1908	560
1909	712
1910	613
1911	626
1912	917
1913	561
1914	621
1915	1,029
1916	864
1917	823
1918	584
1919	796
1920	767
1921	894
1922	481
1923	786
1924	1,024
1925	1,320
1926	1,009
1927	887
1928	727
1929	947
1930	1,013
1931	1,732
1932	1,239
1933	709
1934	1,215
1935	1,092
1936	1,297
1937	1,380
1938	1,486
1939	1,303
1940	1,468
1941	3,465
1942	3,928
1943	1,887
1944	2,153
1945	12,789
1946	7,188
1947	18,042
1948	9,900
1949	11,211
1950	7,178
1951	11,443
1952	9,928
1953	9,673
1954	7,848
1955	14,772
1956	10,886
1957	11,159
1958	12,010
1959	12,936
1960	10,761
1961	18,416
1962	13,726
1963	13,402
1964	12,470
1965	20,689
1966	32,882
1967	17,031
1968	23,828
1969	22,268
1970	24,892
1971	20,343
1972	15,547
1973	22,464
1974	15,749
1975	17,857
1976	17,653
1977	25,890
1978	18,664
1979	19,699
1980	17,084
1981	20,587
1982	20,031
1983	13,644
1984	12,186
1985	19,809
1986	14,415
1987	18,493
1988	15,848
1989	15,104
1990	15,438
1991	9,825
1992	17,175
1993	13,090
1994	12,421
1995	16,129
1996	14,564
1997	16,672
1998	16,307
1999	15,638
2000	16,488
2001	12,912
2002	16,884
2003	12,068
2004	14,885
2005	17,727
2006	22,836
2007	15,291
2008	14,540
2009	14,669
2010	28,263
2011	25,745
2012	17,568
2013	12,737
2014	17,633
2015	12,090
2016	10,708
2017	9,563
2018	18,473
2019	12,485
2020	14,658
2021	13,283
2022	10,852
2023	13,186
2024	14,596
2025	12,125
2026	6,194

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).