Ambert climate — normals and trends
Ambert (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 976 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Ambert averages 82 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.
Ambert has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 65 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 27 June 2019) and the coldest -23.3 °C (on 16 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AmbertRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.55°, 3.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
976mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
16.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
156 d/yr
Annual snowfall
78.4 cm
Average feels-like high
11.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.6 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest day
-23.3 °C
16 January 1985
Wettest day
80 mm
23 September 1993
Windiest day
44.8 km/h
28 December 1999
Strongest gust
137.9 km/h
8 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-27.6 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
29.6 cm
14 December 2008
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 72 mm | +8 mm |
| Feb | 8.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 57 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 10.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 88 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 84 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 92 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +6.0 °C | 96 mm | +3 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 47 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 89 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 123 mm | +35 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 76 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 100 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 69 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ambert?
Ambert has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 976 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ambert?
The hottest day measured in Ambert between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2019, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ambert?
The coldest day measured in Ambert between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1985, at -23.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ambert?
Yes. Ambert gets on average 78.4 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Ambert warmed?
Yes: Ambert warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ambert?
The wettest day measured in Ambert between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1993, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ambert?
The windiest day measured in Ambert between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1999, with winds reaching 44.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ambert?
The warmest month in Ambert is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Ambert?
Ambert receives on average 976 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ambert?
Ambert gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ambert?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ambert between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 2008, with 29.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ambert?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ambert.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ambert?
In Ambert, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -27.6 °C on 10 February 1956.
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