Carentan climate — normals and trends
Carentan (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 727 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 (5.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Carentan averages 16 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Carentan has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 24 to 8 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -12.9 °C (on 17 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
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- coords
- 49.30°, -1.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
727mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
20.3km/h
Seasonal range
12.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
41.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-12.9 °C
17 January 1985
Wettest day
41 mm
8 October 1997
Windiest day
67.1 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
131.8 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
28 July 1947
Coldest feels-like
-18.6 °C
17 January 1985
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
11 March 2013
Sunniest day
15.9 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 | 7.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 158 mm | +88 mm |
| Feb | 9.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 38 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 39 mm | -19 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 39 mm | -14 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 47 mm | -14 mm |
| Jun | 22.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 40 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 89 mm | +42 mm |
| Aug | 22.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 31 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 72 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 16.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 71 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 56 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 9.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 82 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Carentan?
Carentan has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 727 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carentan?
The hottest day measured in Carentan between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Carentan?
The coldest day measured in Carentan between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1985, at -12.9 °C.
Does it snow in Carentan?
Yes. Carentan gets on average 7.2 cm of snow per year and has around 16 frost days.
Has the climate of Carentan warmed?
Yes: Carentan warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Carentan?
The wettest day measured in Carentan between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 1997, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Carentan?
The windiest day measured in Carentan between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 67.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Carentan?
The warmest month in Carentan is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Carentan?
Carentan receives on average 727 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Carentan?
Carentan gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Carentan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Carentan between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2013, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Carentan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Carentan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carentan?
In Carentan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 28 July 1947, and the lowest was -18.6 °C on 17 January 1985.
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