ålesund has a temperate and heavily moderated oceanic climate (köppen "cfb"). winters are mild, damp and windy; the coldest month of the year, january, has a mean temperature of . the lowest temperature ever recorded at ålesund airport, vigra was . the climate is extremely mild for the latitude and inland areas at similar parallels especially in lowland sweden see much hotter summers and colder winters. the warmest temperature ever recorded in ålesund is .