KULING

SMÅLAND · SWEDEN

Kalmar weather — measured locally, corrected against the outcome

Kalmar faces the Kalmar Strait with Öland just across the water, one of Sweden's sunniest and driest stretches. The strait's shallow water and Öland's rain shadow both matter here.

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How close KULING has been in Kalmar, last 90 days

Mean absolute error per parameter, verified against MET Nordic 1 km-analys, METAR (flygplatsobservationer), Molnobservationer, SMHI ViVa (vattenstånd), Stationsobservationer, eumetsat_clm, smhi_vis. Nothing here is a model self-estimate — every row compares a published forecast with a measurement.

ParameterMean errorVerified points
Cloud cover0.50 steg1380
Wind direction52.05 °1380
Wind speed1.80 m/s922
Humidity6.21 %877
Visibility42847.12 m849
Pressure0.55 hPa418
Gusts2.91 m/s55

Local weather character in Kalmar

  • Öland shelters the strait from easterly seas, keeping waves lower than in the open Baltic.
  • Shallow strait water warms quickly in summer and cools fast in autumn.
  • The area lies in a rain shadow, so measured rainfall often falls below model totals.

What you get in the app

  • Hourly forecast with apparent temperature, gusts and minute-level rain start.
  • Rain radar with nowcasting and live lightning strikes.
  • Marine weather: wave height, wave period, sea temperature and sea level.
  • Push alerts for rain, thunder, frost, strong wind and high sea level.
  • A plain-language summary that explains what today actually means.

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