Bellegarde climate — normals and trends
Bellegarde (France) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 717 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Bellegarde averages 15 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 84 rainy days per year.
Bellegarde has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 23 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.5 °C (on 28 June 2019) and the coldest -13.6 °C (on 23 February 1948).
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
BellegardeOccitanie
- coords
- 43.75°, 4.51°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
19.8°C
Average daily low
10.9°C
Annual rainfall
717mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
21.2km/h
Seasonal range
18.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
15 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
45 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
84 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.6 cm
Average feels-like high
17.9 °C
Average feels-like low
8.3 °C
Average peak gust
42.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
29 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
43.5 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest day
-13.6 °C
23 February 1948
Wettest day
126 mm
23 September 1993
Windiest day
54.5 km/h
8 November 1982
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
8 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
45.4 °C
28 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-19.7 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
8 January 2010
Sunniest day
14.9 h
21 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 58 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 13.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 115 mm | +66 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 73 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 20.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 62 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 24.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 48 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 32.8 °C | +5.6 °C | 14 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 13 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 40 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 101 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 22.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 45 mm | -60 mm |
| Nov | 16.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 58 mm | -24 mm |
| Dec | 12.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 127 mm | +63 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bellegarde?
Bellegarde has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 717 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bellegarde?
The hottest day measured in Bellegarde between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2019, reaching 43.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bellegarde?
The coldest day measured in Bellegarde between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1948, at -13.6 °C.
Does it snow in Bellegarde?
Yes. Bellegarde gets on average 5.6 cm of snow per year and has around 15 frost days.
Has the climate of Bellegarde warmed?
Yes: Bellegarde warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bellegarde?
The wettest day measured in Bellegarde between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1993, with 126 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bellegarde?
The windiest day measured in Bellegarde between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1982, with winds reaching 54.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bellegarde?
The warmest month in Bellegarde is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Bellegarde?
Bellegarde receives on average 717 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bellegarde?
Bellegarde gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bellegarde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bellegarde between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2010, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bellegarde?
Yes: Bellegarde has on average 29 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bellegarde?
In Bellegarde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 28 June 2019, and the lowest was -19.7 °C on 10 February 1956.
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