Dole climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dole?

Dole has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 992 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dole?

The hottest day measured in Dole between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2003, reaching 40.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dole?

The coldest day measured in Dole between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1985, at -20.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dole?

Yes. Dole gets on average 28.6 cm of snow per year and has around 51 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Dole warmed?

Yes: Dole warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dole?

The wettest day measured in Dole between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1985, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dole?

The windiest day measured in Dole between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dole?

The warmest month in Dole is July (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dole?

Dole receives on average 992 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dole?

Dole gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dole (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 992 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 (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Dole averages 51 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.

Dole has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 63 to 39 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 7 August 2003) and the coldest -20.7 °C (on 9 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

DoleBourgogne

coords: 47.09°, 5.49°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

11.4°C

Average daily high

15.6°C

Average daily low

7.5°C

Annual rainfall

992mm

Sunshine / day

8.6h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

15.3km/h

Seasonal range

17.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

51 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

14 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

147 d/yr

Annual snowfall

28.6 cm

Average feels-like high

13.7 °C

Average feels-like low

5.3 °C

Average peak gust

33.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

12.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

40.1 °C

7 August 2003

Coldest day

-20.7 °C

9 January 1985

Wettest day

74 mm

8 May 1985

Windiest day

50.3 km/h

26 December 1999

Strongest gust

120.6 km/h

26 December 1999

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

27 June 2019

Coldest feels-like

-25.3 °C

9 January 1985

Snowiest day

18.6 cm

7 January 1994

Sunniest day

15.0 h

20 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	38.4 °C13 August 2025	-7.2 °C14 January 2025	12.3 °C	996 mm	31	48
2024	35.3 °C30 July 2024	-6.3 °C16 January 2024	12.2 °C	1,259 mm	18	36
2023	38.9 °C11 July 2023	-5.6 °C10 February 2023	13.5 °C	1,001 mm	37	39
2022	37.9 °C4 August 2022	-5.9 °C18 December 2022	13.5 °C	963 mm	42	47
2021	32.5 °C16 June 2021	-7.8 °C14 February 2021	11.6 °C	1,082 mm	12	43
2020	39.7 °C31 July 2020	-5.1 °C22 January 2020	13.4 °C	863 mm	38	34
2019	39.6 °C24 July 2019	-4.2 °C25 January 2019	12.9 °C	930 mm	39	43
2018	36.2 °C3 August 2018	-11.1 °C28 February 2018	13.4 °C	966 mm	40	34
2017	35.8 °C22 June 2017	-8.5 °C7 January 2017	12.3 °C	949 mm	29	38
2016	34.7 °C27 August 2016	-5.3 °C18 January 2016	11.7 °C	1,161 mm	20	49
2015	39.1 °C7 August 2015	-4.1 °C24 November 2015	12.9 °C	826 mm	39	37
2014	34.9 °C9 June 2014	-5.5 °C29 December 2014	12.8 °C	1,006 mm	11	13
2013	36.3 °C27 July 2013	-6.3 °C11 December 2013	11.4 °C	1,129 mm	20	60
2012	37.5 °C19 August 2012	-12.4 °C5 February 2012	12.1 °C	1,114 mm	19	44
2011	37.3 °C22 August 2011	-4.4 °C4 January 2011	12.8 °C	734 mm	16	37
2010	35.4 °C9 July 2010	-11.0 °C26 December 2010	11.2 °C	1,063 mm	22	64
2009	37.2 °C20 August 2009	-12.2 °C19 December 2009	12.3 °C	907 mm	17	51
2008	32.9 °C2 July 2008	-5.6 °C29 December 2008	11.7 °C	1,074 mm	9	49
2007	32.1 °C19 June 2007	-8.5 °C25 January 2007	12.1 °C	1,020 mm	7	32
2006	37.2 °C25 July 2006	-6.4 °C11 January 2006	12.4 °C	1,016 mm	31	62
2005	36.8 °C28 July 2005	-16.6 °C30 December 2005	11.8 °C	813 mm	26	69
2004	34.2 °C2 August 2004	-5.2 °C25 February 2004	11.7 °C	932 mm	13	60
2003	40.1 °C7 August 2003	-10.7 °C13 January 2003	12.9 °C	771 mm	55	58
2002	34.8 °C18 June 2002	-7.7 °C2 January 2002	12.5 °C	1,064 mm	16	25
2001	33.5 °C26 August 2001	-9.6 °C24 December 2001	11.8 °C	1,176 mm	18	47
2000	33.3 °C20 August 2000	-8.5 °C26 January 2000	12.6 °C	1,003 mm	18	27
1999	33.4 °C25 August 1999	-8.4 °C12 January 1999	12.0 °C	1,294 mm	13	37
1998	38.6 °C11 August 1998	-9.3 °C23 November 1998	11.6 °C	961 mm	18	47
1997	33.6 °C24 August 1997	-9.6 °C2 January 1997	12.1 °C	835 mm	17	49
1996	31.5 °C6 June 1996	-9.6 °C30 December 1996	10.9 °C	917 mm	8	60
1995	35.3 °C21 July 1995	-7.6 °C5 January 1995	11.8 °C	1,203 mm	17	46
1994	34.9 °C4 August 1994	-6.9 °C19 January 1994	12.7 °C	1,088 mm	28	25
1993	32.3 °C21 August 1993	-11.3 °C4 January 1993	11.2 °C	968 mm	8	51
1992	35.1 °C8 August 1992	-9.7 °C23 January 1992	11.6 °C	1,099 mm	18	44
1991	33.8 °C11 July 1991	-14.2 °C14 February 1991	11.1 °C	843 mm	15	65
1990	34.5 °C5 August 1990	-11.1 °C18 December 1990	11.9 °C	986 mm	16	42
1989	33.2 °C21 July 1989	-6.8 °C5 December 1989	11.9 °C	848 mm	13	59
1988	33.0 °C23 July 1988	-5.1 °C3 March 1988	11.6 °C	1,166 mm	7	39
1987	31.8 °C21 August 1987	-15.5 °C12 January 1987	10.6 °C	1,178 mm	10	64
1986	35.8 °C3 August 1986	-12.7 °C10 February 1986	10.7 °C	1,167 mm	12	68
1985	33.0 °C25 July 1985	-20.7 °C9 January 1985	10.3 °C	967 mm	4	70
1984	33.0 °C11 July 1984	-6.3 °C17 February 1984	10.5 °C	1,050 mm	9	47
1983	38.6 °C31 July 1983	-7.0 °C4 December 1983	11.2 °C	1,225 mm	20	63
1982	32.7 °C9 July 1982	-5.4 °C26 February 1982	11.5 °C	1,150 mm	9	35
1981	32.3 °C5 August 1981	-7.6 °C9 January 1981	11.1 °C	1,255 mm	4	55
1980	32.0 °C2 August 1980	-8.2 °C14 January 1980	10.3 °C	1,016 mm	3	56
1979	32.8 °C29 July 1979	-10.7 °C15 January 1979	10.8 °C	1,121 mm	4	52
1978	31.5 °C29 July 1978	-6.2 °C12 February 1978	10.5 °C	1,007 mm	3	47
1977	29.4 °C3 July 1977	-5.6 °C30 November 1977	11.3 °C	1,303 mm	0	30
1976	36.3 °C16 July 1976	-13.1 °C29 January 1976	11.4 °C	845 mm	25	48
1975	33.9 °C4 August 1975	-7.2 °C20 December 1975	11.0 °C	965 mm	11	51
1974	35.1 °C16 August 1974	-2.7 °C6 March 1974	11.6 °C	1,130 mm	8	12
1973	33.0 °C19 August 1973	-11.7 °C3 December 1973	10.8 °C	885 mm	21	74
1972	30.1 °C8 July 1972	-6.7 °C31 January 1972	10.4 °C	1,020 mm	1	42
1971	33.4 °C18 August 1971	-15.7 °C6 January 1971	10.8 °C	854 mm	12	66
1970	31.8 °C6 August 1970	-8.6 °C16 February 1970	10.7 °C	1,250 mm	5	66
1969	32.6 °C24 July 1969	-10.2 °C18 February 1969	10.6 °C	1,015 mm	7	60
1968	34.7 °C1 July 1968	-18.6 °C13 January 1968	10.8 °C	1,249 mm	6	58
1967	34.2 °C18 July 1967	-15.1 °C11 January 1967	11.2 °C	1,080 mm	10	54
1966	32.2 °C13 August 1966	-12.7 °C16 January 1966	11.4 °C	1,154 mm	3	42
1965	31.9 °C25 June 1965	-7.1 °C22 February 1965	10.5 °C	1,377 mm	1	48
1964	37.0 °C18 July 1964	-14.2 °C30 December 1964	11.2 °C	693 mm	14	56
1963	31.3 °C22 July 1963	-13.0 °C26 January 1963	10.2 °C	924 mm	6	74
1962	36.1 °C14 August 1962	-12.0 °C28 December 1962	10.7 °C	883 mm	15	66
1961	33.1 °C25 June 1961	-6.2 °C19 December 1961	12.2 °C	825 mm	19	32
1960	31.4 °C22 June 1960	-10.7 °C14 January 1960	11.4 °C	1,021 mm	3	41
1959	33.6 °C9 July 1959	-4.1 °C5 January 1959	12.5 °C	758 mm	14	33
1958	33.2 °C1 August 1958	-7.8 °C23 January 1958	11.3 °C	1,234 mm	3	43
1957	34.8 °C6 July 1957	-12.3 °C18 January 1957	11.2 °C	833 mm	9	40
1956	29.7 °C9 July 1956	-17.5 °C15 February 1956	9.8 °C	930 mm	0	66
1955	32.9 °C18 July 1955	-5.7 °C19 January 1955	11.2 °C	951 mm	2	56
1954	30.2 °C3 August 1954	-11.8 °C1 February 1954	10.3 °C	1,013 mm	1	45
1953	31.0 °C12 August 1953	-14.5 °C8 February 1953	10.9 °C	637 mm	3	62
1952	35.2 °C6 July 1952	-10.4 °C21 January 1952	11.1 °C	1,034 mm	18	68
1951	30.4 °C31 July 1951	-6.9 °C4 January 1951	10.9 °C	1,005 mm	1	41
1950	35.1 °C4 July 1950	-13.3 °C31 December 1950	11.2 °C	993 mm	12	55
1949	33.3 °C12 July 1949	-8.6 °C6 March 1949	11.7 °C	665 mm	15	65
1948	29.4 °C27 July 1948	-9.1 °C24 February 1948	10.8 °C	1,081 mm	0	49
1947	35.6 °C28 July 1947	-11.5 °C29 January 1947	11.9 °C	885 mm	28	67
1946	34.3 °C5 August 1946	-10.0 °C20 December 1946	10.8 °C	760 mm	8	65
1945	33.8 °C15 July 1945	-17.7 °C11 January 1945	10.8 °C	723 mm	10	75
1944	36.4 °C23 August 1944	-13.1 °C20 February 1944	10.4 °C	973 mm	12	81
1943	34.2 °C19 August 1943	-9.2 °C5 January 1943	11.4 °C	708 mm	15	52
1942	32.2 °C28 August 1942	-16.3 °C2 February 1942	10.5 °C	705 mm	12	88
1941	33.1 °C25 July 1941	-19.1 °C6 February 1941	9.5 °C	872 mm	9	79
1940	29.2 °C5 August 1940	-18.1 °C14 February 1940	9.6 °C	916 mm	0	91

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

17.4 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

31 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

48 d/yr

-3

Annual rainfall

996 mm

+4 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.5 °C	+2.1 °C	109 mm	+18 mm
Feb	9.2 °C	+1.7 °C	55 mm	-27 mm
Mar	14.0 °C	+2.2 °C	52 mm	-27 mm
Apr	18.2 °C	+2.8 °C	78 mm	-4 mm
May	20.7 °C	+1.3 °C	62 mm	-27 mm
Jun	28.0 °C	+4.9 °C	62 mm	-14 mm
Jul	26.2 °C	+0.6 °C	56 mm	-6 mm
Aug	28.1 °C	+2.9 °C	85 mm	+15 mm
Sep	20.7 °C	-0.8 °C	133 mm	+53 mm
Oct	15.9 °C	-0.2 °C	121 mm	+37 mm
Nov	11.3 °C	+1.6 °C	130 mm	+28 mm
Dec	8.3 °C	+2.2 °C	54 mm	-43 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.4 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-7.2 °C

14 Jan 2025

Wettest day

33.7 mm

22 Sep 2025

Windiest day

37.7 km/h

6 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

84.6 km/h

23 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-11.2 °C

23 Nov 2025

Snowiest day

3.1 cm

20 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

30 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dole?

Dole has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 992 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dole?

The hottest day measured in Dole between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2003, reaching 40.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dole?

The coldest day measured in Dole between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1985, at -20.7 °C.

Does it snow in Dole?

Yes. Dole gets on average 28.6 cm of snow per year and has around 51 frost days.

Has the climate of Dole warmed?

Yes: Dole warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dole?

The wettest day measured in Dole between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1985, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dole?

The windiest day measured in Dole between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 50.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dole?

The warmest month in Dole is July (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Dole?

Dole receives on average 992 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dole?

Dole gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dole?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dole between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1994, with 18.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Dole?

Yes: Dole has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dole?

In Dole, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -25.3 °C on 9 January 1985.

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