You can read all over the internet about the typical climate in Sweden and possibly even that in particular locations in Sweden. But today I’m going to give you something different: the current weather in Uppsala! What’s the point? Well, just imagine yourself in your favorite Swedish scenery with the following weather pattern for the day:

This morning: The sun rises at approximately 7:50. The temperature is below freezing: -4°C (25°F). The sky is cloudy, and the air relatively damp.

During the day: The sky is still grey, but the temperature has risen to about 5-6°C (37-39°F). The air is damper and the air pressure level decreases.

The evening: The sun sets at around 15:15 (3:15 pm), but yet the temperature still rises. At around 22:00 (10:00 pm) a downpour begins and continues through the night. No stars are to be seen, and the expected accumulation of rain adds up to 3-4 mm (0,12-0,16 in). Your shoes will be soaked tomorrow morning as you trudge through puddles in the streets.

If you would like a more statistical and less visual (or perhaps more visual, if you count the pictures) description of the weather in Uppsala/Sweden, check your favorite weather site or television channel—many are international and have weather reports from around the world. My personal favorite for Sweden is klart.se (which is where my statistics come from), but there are plenty more to choose from by searching the web!

As a side-note, the word väder (weather) is a neutral noun—in other words, it’s one of those nouns that end in -et (as opposed to -en). But it’s also part of a certain conjugation group. The definite form (‘the’-form) is not väderet, but vädret (‘the weather’). [As a rule of thumb, ett-words that end in -er are generally conjugated to -ret instead of -eret, such as väder becomes vädret and not väderet. The same rule applies for ett-words that end in -el, such as segel → seglet (‘the sail’). Keep in mind that the ä and (first) e in väder and segel respectively remain long. Pronunciation of these letters is covered here: Vowels, Part 1 and Part 2.]