Beauvais climate — normals and trends
Beauvais (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 690 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Beauvais averages 46 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Beauvais has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 61 to 31 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -17.8 °C (on 30 December 1950).
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
BeauvaisHauts-de-France
- coords
- 49.43°, 2.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
690mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.8km/h
Seasonal range
14.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
46 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.9 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
39.3 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-17.8 °C
30 December 1950
Wettest day
47 mm
3 October 2021
Windiest day
55.8 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
119.9 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-23.0 °C
30 December 1950
Snowiest day
14.3 cm
9 January 1968
Sunniest day
15.9 h
3 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 164 mm | +108 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 40 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 23 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 17.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 26 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 36 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 51 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 93 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 29 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 65 mm | +13 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 73 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 56 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 40 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Beauvais?
Beauvais has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 690 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Beauvais?
The hottest day measured in Beauvais between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Beauvais?
The coldest day measured in Beauvais between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1950, at -17.8 °C.
Does it snow in Beauvais?
Yes. Beauvais gets on average 15.9 cm of snow per year and has around 46 frost days.
Has the climate of Beauvais warmed?
Yes: Beauvais warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Beauvais?
The wettest day measured in Beauvais between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 2021, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Beauvais?
The windiest day measured in Beauvais between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 55.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Beauvais?
The warmest month in Beauvais is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Beauvais?
Beauvais receives on average 690 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Beauvais?
Beauvais gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Beauvais?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Beauvais between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1968, with 14.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Beauvais?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Beauvais.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Beauvais?
In Beauvais, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -23.0 °C on 30 December 1950.
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