Foix climate — normals and trends
Foix (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,219 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Foix averages 61 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 172 rainy days per year.
Foix 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 79 to 43 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 25 July 1941) and the coldest -24.3 °C (on 16 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
FoixOccitanie
- coords
- 42.97°, 1.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
14.8°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,219mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
61 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
172 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
35.2 °C
25 July 1941
Coldest day
-24.3 °C
16 January 1985
Wettest day
93 mm
24 September 1993
Windiest day
38.3 km/h
8 February 1996
Strongest gust
137.5 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
16 August 1987
Coldest feels-like
-28.8 °C
16 January 1985
Snowiest day
26.0 cm
31 January 1986
Sunniest day
14.5 h
26 June 2019
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 | 8.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 84 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 10.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 26 mm | -61 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 115 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 106 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 125 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +5.1 °C | 112 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 93 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 26.3 °C | +3.4 °C | 84 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 69 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 37 mm | -50 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 129 mm | +29 mm |
| Dec | 10.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 66 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Foix?
Foix has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,219 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Foix?
The hottest day measured in Foix between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1941, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Foix?
The coldest day measured in Foix between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1985, at -24.3 °C.
Does it snow in Foix?
Yes. Foix gets on average 112.0 cm of snow per year and has around 61 frost days.
Has the climate of Foix warmed?
Yes: Foix warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Foix?
The wettest day measured in Foix between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 1993, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Foix?
The windiest day measured in Foix between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1996, with winds reaching 38.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Foix?
The warmest month in Foix is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Foix?
Foix receives on average 1,219 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 172 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Foix?
Foix gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Foix?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Foix between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1986, with 26.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Foix?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Foix.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Foix?
In Foix, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 16 August 1987, and the lowest was -28.8 °C on 16 January 1985.
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