Cluses climate — normals and trends
Cluses (France) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 1,642 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 (14.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Cluses averages 166 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Cluses has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 192 to 140 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 13 August 2025) and the coldest -30.6 °C (on 7 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
ClusesRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 46.06°, 6.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
9.9°C
Average daily low
0.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,642mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
7.3km/h
Seasonal range
19.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
166 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
358.5 cm
Average feels-like high
8.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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
32.1 °C
13 August 2025
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
78 mm
14 February 1990
Windiest day
20.0 km/h
27 February 1990
Strongest gust
127.8 km/h
27 February 1990
Hottest feels-like
33.9 °C
26 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-35.5 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
36.0 cm
17 April 2005
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 May 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 | 3.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 210 mm | +78 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 55 mm | -69 mm |
| Mar | 9.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 64 mm | -58 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +4.7 °C | 145 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 15.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 165 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +6.5 °C | 131 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 151 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 106 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 16.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 179 mm | +61 mm |
| Oct | 11.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 201 mm | +88 mm |
| Nov | 6.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 163 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 34 mm | -111 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cluses?
Cluses has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 1,642 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cluses?
The hottest day measured in Cluses between 1940 and 2025 was 13 August 2025, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cluses?
The coldest day measured in Cluses between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Cluses?
Yes. Cluses gets on average 358.5 cm of snow per year and has around 166 frost days.
Has the climate of Cluses warmed?
Yes: Cluses warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cluses?
The wettest day measured in Cluses between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1990, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cluses?
The windiest day measured in Cluses between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1990, with winds reaching 20.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cluses?
The warmest month in Cluses is July (14.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Cluses?
Cluses receives on average 1,642 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cluses?
Cluses gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cluses?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cluses between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 2005, with 36.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cluses?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cluses.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cluses?
In Cluses, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 26 June 2019, and the lowest was -35.5 °C on 7 January 1985.
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