Faverges climate — normals and trends
Faverges (France) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 1,556 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Faverges averages 132 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.
Faverges has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 162 to 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -27.8 °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
FavergesRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.75°, 6.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.2°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
2.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,556mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
6.6km/h
Seasonal range
19.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
132 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
167 d/yr
Annual snowfall
267.8 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.1 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 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
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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
34.6 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
77 mm
14 February 1990
Windiest day
17.5 km/h
27 February 1990
Strongest gust
121.7 km/h
28 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.2 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-32.6 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
30.9 cm
17 April 2005
Sunniest day
15.0 h
28 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +4.6 °C | 215 mm | +83 mm |
| Feb | 7.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 50 mm | -74 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 74 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 145 mm | +23 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 159 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +6.1 °C | 98 mm | -50 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 135 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 85 mm | -41 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 158 mm | +50 mm |
| Oct | 13.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 202 mm | +93 mm |
| Nov | 8.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 163 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 29 mm | -116 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Faverges?
Faverges has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.2 °C and it receives 1,556 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Faverges?
The hottest day measured in Faverges between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Faverges?
The coldest day measured in Faverges between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Faverges?
Yes. Faverges gets on average 267.8 cm of snow per year and has around 132 frost days.
Has the climate of Faverges warmed?
Yes: Faverges warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Faverges?
The wettest day measured in Faverges between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1990, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Faverges?
The windiest day measured in Faverges between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1990, with winds reaching 17.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Faverges?
The warmest month in Faverges is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Faverges?
Faverges receives on average 1,556 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Faverges?
Faverges gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Faverges?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Faverges between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 2005, with 30.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Faverges?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Faverges.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Faverges?
In Faverges, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -32.6 °C on 7 January 1985.
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