Bernay climate — normals and trends
Bernay (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 715 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 (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Bernay averages 41 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Bernay has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 55 to 27 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -20.0 °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
BernayNormandy
- coords
- 49.09°, 0.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
6.9°C
Annual rainfall
715mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
19.3km/h
Seasonal range
14.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
41 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
37.5 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-20.0 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
43 mm
9 June 2014
Windiest day
56.7 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
119.2 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
30 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-25.5 °C
8 January 1985
Snowiest day
11.4 cm
26 January 2004
Sunniest day
16.0 h
15 June 1940
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 | 6.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 160 mm | +100 mm |
| Feb | 7.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 58 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 12.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 29 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 25 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 54 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 54 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 82 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 24.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 35 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 55 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 62 mm | +0 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 65 mm | +0 mm |
| Dec | 8.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 38 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bernay?
Bernay has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 715 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bernay?
The hottest day measured in Bernay between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bernay?
The coldest day measured in Bernay between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -20.0 °C.
Does it snow in Bernay?
Yes. Bernay gets on average 14.8 cm of snow per year and has around 41 frost days.
Has the climate of Bernay warmed?
Yes: Bernay warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bernay?
The wettest day measured in Bernay between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2014, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bernay?
The windiest day measured in Bernay between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 56.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bernay?
The warmest month in Bernay is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Bernay?
Bernay receives on average 715 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bernay?
Bernay gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bernay?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bernay between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 2004, with 11.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bernay?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bernay.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bernay?
In Bernay, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 30 July 2024, and the lowest was -25.5 °C on 8 January 1985.
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