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Hörby
Hörby Church
Hörby Church
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Hörby is located in Skåne
Hörby
Hörby
Location in Skåne
Hörby is located in Sweden
Hörby
Hörby
Location in Sweden
Country Sweden
Province Skåne
County Skåne County
Municipality Hörby Municipality
Area
 • Total 4.23 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2010)
 • Total 7,085
 • Density 1,676/km2 (4,340/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Hörby (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhœ̂ːrbʏ]) is a locality and the seat of Hörby Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 15 631 inhabitants in 2019.

6 km (3.7 mi) south-east of the center of Hörby is at least since 1959 the location of a radio and TV transmitter. Short wave antennas have been dismantled there in 2011.

Climate

Hörby has a transitional maritime-continental climate with moderate seasonal swings by Nordic inland standards. The weather station was opened in 1995 and thus cold records are limited, but nearby Stehag recorded −23 °C (−9 °F) in February 1979. With a January mean just below freezing, Hörby is as of 2021, the southernmost station in Sweden to average a meteorological winter under Nordic definitions of 0 °C (32 °F) means. Its inland and somewhat elevated location means higher levels of precipitation than in many surrounding areas, common to southern Sweden. As such, heavy snowfall sometimes occur during winter and the more frequent cloud cover in summer renders Hörby quite a bit milder than lower areas around Öresund and Österlen during the warm season.

Climate data for Hörby (2002–2021 averages, extremes since 1995; snow depth from Knopparp)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 10.3
(50.5)
13.5
(56.3)
19.1
(66.4)
27.2
(81.0)
27.6
(81.7)
31.8
(89.2)
32.6
(90.7)
33.7
(92.7)
27.0
(80.6)
22.3
(72.1)
17.0
(62.6)
11.7
(53.1)
33.7
(92.7)
Mean maximum °C (°F) 7.4
(45.3)
8.1
(46.6)
13.8
(56.8)
19.5
(67.1)
24.1
(75.4)
27.0
(80.6)
28.8
(83.8)
27.9
(82.2)
23.5
(74.3)
17.4
(63.3)
12.0
(53.6)
8.3
(46.9)
30.0
(86.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8)
2.5
(36.5)
6.3
(43.3)
12.1
(53.8)
16.8
(62.2)
20.3
(68.5)
22.4
(72.3)
21.7
(71.1)
17.8
(64.0)
11.9
(53.4)
7.1
(44.8)
3.7
(38.7)
12.1
(53.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −0.1
(31.8)
0.2
(32.4)
2.8
(37.0)
7.3
(45.1)
11.8
(53.2)
15.4
(59.7)
17.7
(63.9)
17.2
(63.0)
13.8
(56.8)
8.8
(47.8)
5.0
(41.0)
1.7
(35.1)
8.5
(47.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −2.3
(27.9)
−2.2
(28.0)
−0.8
(30.6)
2.5
(36.5)
6.8
(44.2)
10.5
(50.9)
12.9
(55.2)
12.7
(54.9)
9.7
(49.5)
5.6
(42.1)
2.8
(37.0)
−0.3
(31.5)
4.8
(40.7)
Mean minimum °C (°F) −12.5
(9.5)
−10.3
(13.5)
−8.2
(17.2)
−3.6
(25.5)
−0.1
(31.8)
5.0
(41.0)
8.1
(46.6)
7.3
(45.1)
2.5
(36.5)
−2.5
(27.5)
−5.7
(21.7)
−8.9
(16.0)
−14.7
(5.5)
Record low °C (°F) −20.3
(−4.5)
−16.3
(2.7)
−17.6
(0.3)
−8.8
(16.2)
−2.2
(28.0)
1.9
(35.4)
5.3
(41.5)
3.9
(39.0)
−1.1
(30.0)
−5.3
(22.5)
−11.4
(11.5)
−20.5
(−4.9)
−20.5
(−4.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 70.8
(2.79)
52.8
(2.08)
44.2
(1.74)
32.1
(1.26)
44.9
(1.77)
65.4
(2.57)
80.1
(3.15)
83.0
(3.27)
54.0
(2.13)
77.7
(3.06)
70.0
(2.76)
73.9
(2.91)
748.9
(29.49)
Average extreme snow depth cm (inches) 19
(7.5)
22
(8.7)
13
(5.1)
1
(0.4)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
1
(0.4)
6
(2.4)
12
(4.7)
32
(13)
Source 1: SMHI Open Data for Hörby A, precipitation
Source 2: SMHI Open Data for Hörby A, temperature
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