Corte climate — normals and trends
Corte (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 981 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Corte averages 45 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Corte has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 61 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 19 July 2023) and the coldest -17.2 °C (on 27 December 1940).
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
CorteCorsica
- coords
- 42.31°, 9.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.6°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
981mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
8.1km/h
Seasonal range
17.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
48.8 cm
Average feels-like high
15.8 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
34.9 °C
19 July 2023
Coldest day
-17.2 °C
27 December 1940
Wettest day
111 mm
20 December 2016
Windiest day
29.2 km/h
21 March 1978
Strongest gust
132.5 km/h
6 March 2017
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
18 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-22.0 °C
27 December 1940
Snowiest day
39.3 cm
15 February 1953
Sunniest day
15.0 h
21 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 | 10.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 61 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 11.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 64 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 170 mm | +80 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 143 mm | +47 mm |
| May | 19.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 120 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 36 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 27.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 76 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 52 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 60 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 18.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 87 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 65 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 10.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 168 mm | +74 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Corte?
Corte has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 981 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Corte?
The hottest day measured in Corte between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2023, reaching 34.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Corte?
The coldest day measured in Corte between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1940, at -17.2 °C.
Does it snow in Corte?
Yes. Corte gets on average 48.8 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Corte warmed?
Yes: Corte warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Corte?
The wettest day measured in Corte between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 2016, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Corte?
The windiest day measured in Corte between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1978, with winds reaching 29.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Corte?
The warmest month in Corte is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Corte?
Corte receives on average 981 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Corte?
Corte gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Corte?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Corte between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1953, with 39.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Corte?
Yes: Corte has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Corte?
In Corte, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 18 July 2023, and the lowest was -22.0 °C on 27 December 1940.
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