Falaise climate — normals and trends
Falaise (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 696 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 (17.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Falaise averages 37 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Falaise has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 49 to 25 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 10 August 2003) and the coldest -20.4 °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
FalaiseNormandy
- coords
- 48.89°, -0.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
696mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
13.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.7 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
38.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °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
37.6 °C
10 August 2003
Coldest day
-20.4 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
40 mm
17 August 2022
Windiest day
56.4 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
121.7 km/h
24 December 2013
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
28 July 1947
Coldest feels-like
-24.8 °C
8 January 1985
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
11 March 2013
Sunniest day
16.0 h
19 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 | 6.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 158 mm | +97 mm |
| Feb | 8.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 51 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 23 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 34 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 51 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 24.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 42 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 85 mm | +34 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 33 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 49 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 61 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 12.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 72 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 45 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Falaise?
Falaise has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 696 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Falaise?
The hottest day measured in Falaise between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2003, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Falaise?
The coldest day measured in Falaise between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -20.4 °C.
Does it snow in Falaise?
Yes. Falaise gets on average 11.7 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of Falaise warmed?
Yes: Falaise warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Falaise?
The wettest day measured in Falaise between 1940 and 2025 was 17 August 2022, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Falaise?
The windiest day measured in Falaise between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 56.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Falaise?
The warmest month in Falaise is July (17.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Falaise?
Falaise receives on average 696 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Falaise?
Falaise gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Falaise?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Falaise between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2013, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Falaise?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Falaise.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Falaise?
In Falaise, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 28 July 1947, and the lowest was -24.8 °C on 8 January 1985.
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