Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire climate — normals and trends
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 793 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire averages 29 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 35 to 23 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 18 June 2022) and the coldest -15.2 °C (on 17 January 1987).
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
Barbezieux-Saint-HilaireNew Aquitaine
- coords
- 45.47°, -0.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
8.8°C
Annual rainfall
793mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
16.9km/h
Seasonal range
15.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.2 cm
Average feels-like high
15.5 °C
Average feels-like low
6.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
40.2 °C
18 June 2022
Coldest day
-15.2 °C
17 January 1987
Wettest day
51 mm
27 July 1971
Windiest day
69.3 km/h
27 December 1999
Strongest gust
133.6 km/h
27 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-20.1 °C
17 January 1987
Snowiest day
7.7 cm
13 January 1987
Sunniest day
15.3 h
24 June 2015
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 137 mm | +62 mm |
| Feb | 12.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 73 mm | +9 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 41 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 19.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 98 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 22.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 50 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 24 mm | -36 mm |
| Jul | 27.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 26 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 60 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 21.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 65 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 101 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 13.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 93 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | 11.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 70 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 793 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
The hottest day measured in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2022, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
The coldest day measured in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1987, at -15.2 °C.
Does it snow in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
Yes. Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire gets on average 3.2 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire warmed?
Yes: Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
The wettest day measured in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1971, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
The windiest day measured in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 69.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
The warmest month in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire is July (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire receives on average 793 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1987, with 7.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
Yes: Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire?
In Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -20.1 °C on 17 January 1987.
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