Hörby () is a
locality and the seat of
Hörby Municipality,
Skåne County
Skåne County ( ), sometimes referred to as Scania County or just Scania in English, is the southernmost Counties of Sweden, county, or , of Sweden, mostly corresponding to the traditional Provinces of Sweden, province of Scania. It borders th ...
,
Sweden
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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
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in central and eastern parts of the three northern-tier continents (North America, Europe, and Asia), typi ...
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 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 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.
References
Populated places in Hörby Municipality
Municipal seats of Skåne County
Swedish municipal seats
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