Arras climate — normals and trends
Arras (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 701 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Arras averages 45 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Arras has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 61 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -21.6 °C (on 8 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
ArrasHauts-de-France
- coords
- 50.29°, 2.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
701mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
14.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.3 cm
Average feels-like high
11.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
38.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
40.1 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-21.6 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
46 mm
20 July 1980
Windiest day
59.2 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
18 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-26.5 °C
8 January 1985
Snowiest day
10.6 cm
20 February 1957
Sunniest day
15.9 h
4 July 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 | 5.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 146 mm | +90 mm |
| Feb | 6.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 38 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 18 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 17.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 21 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 36 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 54 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 63 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 24.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 24 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 19.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 54 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 79 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 62 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 40 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arras?
Arras has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 701 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arras?
The hottest day measured in Arras between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arras?
The coldest day measured in Arras between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -21.6 °C.
Does it snow in Arras?
Yes. Arras gets on average 15.3 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Arras warmed?
Yes: Arras warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Arras?
The wettest day measured in Arras between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1980, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arras?
The windiest day measured in Arras between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 59.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arras?
The warmest month in Arras is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Arras?
Arras receives on average 701 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arras?
Arras gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arras?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arras between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1957, with 10.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arras?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Arras.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arras?
In Arras, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 25 July 2019, and the lowest was -26.5 °C on 8 January 1985.
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