Denmark Weather Records in 2021

87 weather records set or tied in Denmark in 2021, by type, with the calendar of record highs and lows and the records that still stand.

Key Facts for Denmark in 2021

87 weather records were set or tied in Denmark in 2021.
46 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
80 records set in 2021 still stand in Denmark.

Records per Year, by Type

2021 outlined

Records set or tied in Denmark each year from 1903 to 2025, stacked by type. 2021 had 87.

Weather records per year in Denmark, stacked by type, 2021 outlined
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Total
1903	8	12	15	3	12	50
1904	39	17	37	27	63	183
1905	29	31	43	33	69	205
1906	88	22	71	25	59	265
1907	48	90	33	42	51	264
1908	34	32	18	38	77	199
1909	16	60	32	15	98	221
1910	68	8	76	2	93	247
1911	84	20	83	20	71	278
1912	51	51	51	57	79	289
1913	103	23	82	32	48	288
1914	79	2	119	4	62	266
1915	18	40	2	57	59	176
1916	45	27	36	19	78	205
1917	39	24	38	30	50	181
1918	21	31	25	18	50	145
1919	21	50	14	39	58	182
1920	49	7	61	18	71	206
1921	98	24	61	25	65	273
1922	22	26	18	25	50	141
1923	65	64	34	59	51	273
1924	19	33	36	35	41	164
1925	78	24	58	40	35	235
1926	37	7	30	16	49	139
1927	34	45	52	53	57	241
1928	38	32	22	44	47	183
1929	33	63	16	69	27	208
1930	46	10	17	6	33	112
1931	25	26	16	58	39	164
1932	62	8	35	24	25	154
1933	45	1	23	21	30	120
1934	93	2	99	14	33	241
1935	35	7	42	25	42	151
1936	25	18	28	23	34	128
1937	28	15	40	7	45	135
1938	95	8	97	6	32	238
1939	41	7	51	9	35	143
1940	7	69	5	59	38	178
1941	31	66	38	66	21	222
1942	18	83	14	92	20	227
1943	39	1	41	1	33	115
1944	47	7	42	5	27	128
1945	30	0	42	2	51	125
1946	32	3	21	15	44	115
1947	109	44	61	45	21	280
1948	55	2	42	7	28	134
1949	66	1	65	5	47	184
1950	32	1	26	1	57	117
1951	30	4	29	11	58	132
1952	20	17	14	19	43	113
1953	50	4	76	4	36	170
1954	20	9	18	10	47	104
1955	21	12	33	28	38	132
1956	11	39	12	40	32	134
1957	20	10	25	19	26	100
1958	7	12	14	8	57	98
1959	36	2	46	13	38	135
1960	7	6	11	7	42	73
1961	38	0	56	6	43	143
1962	2	15	7	30	40	94
1963	5	24	8	32	37	106
1964	20	7	27	12	32	98
1965	2	26	3	24	52	107
1966	11	47	12	23	60	153
1967	9	2	29	8	67	115
1968	36	8	35	11	58	148
1969	31	5	22	10	40	108
1970	13	6	12	14	38	83
1971	30	9	29	15	31	114
1972	19	5	15	9	34	82
1973	15	3	16	18	33	85
1974	32	0	24	6	36	98
1975	54	4	62	7	24	151
1976	12	7	18	8	30	75
1977	32	4	19	13	39	107
1978	28	18	30	10	32	118
1979	4	19	9	15	44	91
1980	7	5	16	6	44	78
1981	6	25	15	33	43	122
1982	27	16	23	16	38	120
1983	23	1	37	3	42	106
1984	11	9	8	5	39	72
1985	13	21	8	12	29	83
1986	13	6	8	10	23	60
1987	13	35	13	26	19	106
1988	7	1	16	3	29	56
1989	56	1	78	8	23	166
1990	78	0	105	4	37	224
1991	22	3	12	7	37	81
1992	30	1	24	2	35	92
1993	33	24	25	13	40	135
1994	35	2	39	6	55	137
1995	23	3	38	16	41	121
1996	17	12	26	9	34	98
1997	19	3	47	11	31	111
1998	14	5	50	2	45	116
1999	27	1	33	0	46	107
2000	42	5	37	0	31	115
2001	18	2	30	7	26	83
2002	53	6	81	7	38	185
2003	67	10	88	23	29	217
2004	33	16	77	19	34	179
2005	99	7	69	16	36	227
2006	145	13	182	18	62	420
2007	98	3	103	7	65	276
2008	43	3	66	14	57	183
2009	45	12	56	25	36	174
2010	21	37	28	53	44	183
2011	45	10	49	15	54	173
2012	30	20	42	20	41	153
2013	31	7	44	19	33	134
2014	54	5	110	4	51	224
2015	39	3	71	20	40	173
2016	39	5	55	14	22	135
2017	33	2	47	4	58	144
2018	61	5	76	7	45	194
2019	40	5	35	14	63	157
2020	34	0	73	6	45	158
2021	23	9	23	6	26	87
2022	31	1	21	6	12	71
2023	15	9	14	12	19	69
2024	23	2	32	4	11	72
2025	19	0	17	1	7	44

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Denmark: 1900s 1.1 to 1, 1910s 1.9 to 1, 1920s 1.2 to 1, 1930s 3.2 to 1, 1940s 1.4 to 1, 1950s 2.1 to 1, 1960s 1.2 to 1, 1970s 2.5 to 1, 1980s 1.7 to 1, 1990s 5.7 to 1, 2000s 6.7 to 1, 2010s 3.6 to 1, 2020s 5.8 to 1.

Record highs per record low in Denmark, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1900s	1.14 to 1
1910s	1.91 to 1
1920s	1.21 to 1
1930s	3.18 to 1
1940s	1.38 to 1
1950s	2.06 to 1
1960s	1.22 to 1
1970s	2.52 to 1
1980s	1.65 to 1
1990s	5.66 to 1
2000s	6.74 to 1
2010s	3.55 to 1
2020s	5.84 to 1

Standing Records by Year Set

2021: 80

Records still standing in Denmark by the year they were set. 80 of them were set in 2021.

Standing records in Denmark by the year they were set, 2021 highlighted
Year set	Standing records
1873	34
1874	55
1875	77
1876	109
1877	128
1878	41
1879	125
1880	104
1881	127
1882	72
1883	44
1884	87
1885	71
1886	68
1887	47
1888	161
1889	73
1890	50
1891	64
1892	73
1893	93
1894	55
1895	57
1896	60
1897	57
1898	78
1899	111
1900	60
1901	73
1902	104
1903	75
1904	32
1905	43
1906	65
1907	75
1908	66
1909	65
1910	42
1911	66
1912	89
1913	67
1914	60
1915	69
1916	47
1917	58
1918	41
1919	77
1920	59
1921	99
1922	59
1923	112
1924	51
1925	92
1926	48
1927	87
1928	79
1929	88
1930	42
1931	75
1932	48
1933	42
1934	88
1935	65
1936	70
1937	50
1938	99
1939	56
1940	123
1941	144
1942	147
1943	48
1944	45
1945	68
1946	66
1947	188
1948	63
1949	100
1950	56
1951	67
1952	61
1953	92
1954	36
1955	65
1956	89
1957	54
1958	61
1959	78
1960	42
1961	84
1962	66
1963	68
1964	78
1965	90
1966	128
1967	90
1968	113
1969	73
1970	65
1971	89
1972	83
1973	171
1974	134
1975	198
1976	138
1977	166
1978	232
1979	251
1980	176
1981	240
1982	211
1983	145
1984	156
1985	345
1986	171
1987	352
1988	183
1989	342
1990	411
1991	241
1992	222
1993	335
1994	277
1995	298
1996	328
1997	285
1998	339
1999	246
2000	248
2001	181
2002	318
2003	208
2004	166
2005	256
2006	446
2007	323
2008	177
2009	169
2010	287
2011	175
2012	158
2013	118
2014	188
2015	171
2016	119
2017	127
2018	170
2019	140
2020	150
2021	80
2022	75
2023	86
2024	148
2025	71

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Data for Denmark in 2021: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-14. Last revised 14 October 2026 (2026-10-14).