Fontenay-le-Comte climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fontenay-le-Comte?

Fontenay-le-Comte has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 758 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The hottest day measured in Fontenay-le-Comte between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 40.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The coldest day measured in Fontenay-le-Comte between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1987, at -15.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Yes. Fontenay-le-Comte gets on average 4.2 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Fontenay-le-Comte warmed?

Yes: Fontenay-le-Comte warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The wettest day measured in Fontenay-le-Comte between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 1994, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The windiest day measured in Fontenay-le-Comte between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 60.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The warmest month in Fontenay-le-Comte is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Fontenay-le-Comte receives on average 758 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Fontenay-le-Comte gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fontenay-le-Comte (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 758 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Fontenay-le-Comte averages 29 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.

Fontenay-le-Comte has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 36 to 22 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -15.1 °C (on 17 January 1987).

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

Fontenay-le-ComtePays de la Loire Region

coords: 46.47°, -0.81°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

12.2°C

Average daily high

16.2°C

Average daily low

8.4°C

Annual rainfall

758mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

78%

Average peak wind

18.2km/h

Seasonal range

14.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

29 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

9 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

120 d/yr

Annual snowfall

4.2 cm

Average feels-like high

14.4 °C

Average feels-like low

6.0 °C

Average peak gust

36.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

12.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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

40.7 °C

18 July 2022

Coldest day

-15.1 °C

17 January 1987

Wettest day

50 mm

9 December 1994

Windiest day

60.6 km/h

27 December 1999

Strongest gust

122.8 km/h

26 December 1999

Hottest feels-like

41.8 °C

8 August 2003

Coldest feels-like

-19.8 °C

17 January 1987

Snowiest day

9.2 cm

26 January 1945

Sunniest day

15.5 h

18 June 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.9 °C11 August 2025	-4.4 °C22 November 2025	13.6 °C	770 mm	30	23
2024	36.9 °C11 August 2024	-3.1 °C20 January 2024	13.1 °C	1,036 mm	11	13
2023	35.9 °C23 August 2023	-5.3 °C9 February 2023	13.9 °C	987 mm	20	24
2022	40.7 °C18 July 2022	-5.3 °C10 December 2022	14.3 °C	696 mm	38	25
2021	32.6 °C6 September 2021	-4.2 °C26 January 2021	12.5 °C	704 mm	11	31
2020	38.0 °C7 August 2020	-2.2 °C9 December 2020	13.8 °C	875 mm	15	6
2019	38.7 °C23 July 2019	-3.1 °C16 January 2019	13.3 °C	852 mm	15	18
2018	35.3 °C6 August 2018	-7.3 °C28 February 2018	13.6 °C	873 mm	20	23
2017	35.0 °C19 June 2017	-6.2 °C20 January 2017	13.0 °C	548 mm	21	32
2016	36.7 °C19 July 2016	-5.1 °C17 February 2016	12.7 °C	724 mm	15	14
2015	35.5 °C30 June 2015	-4.8 °C1 January 2015	12.9 °C	635 mm	11	27
2014	33.8 °C17 July 2014	-4.8 °C29 December 2014	13.3 °C	815 mm	4	8
2013	33.2 °C21 July 2013	-4.4 °C15 March 2013	12.1 °C	866 mm	9	23
2012	35.3 °C17 August 2012	-9.4 °C9 February 2012	12.3 °C	860 mm	12	32
2011	35.4 °C26 June 2011	-3.5 °C1 February 2011	13.4 °C	571 mm	4	13
2010	33.4 °C8 July 2010	-6.5 °C15 February 2010	11.5 °C	654 mm	7	53
2009	33.8 °C15 August 2009	-7.8 °C7 January 2009	12.5 °C	750 mm	12	29
2008	32.9 °C30 August 2008	-4.1 °C31 January 2008	12.0 °C	814 mm	1	25
2007	32.0 °C5 August 2007	-5.3 °C26 January 2007	12.5 °C	753 mm	1	23
2006	36.7 °C18 July 2006	-3.4 °C28 January 2006	12.9 °C	938 mm	20	40
2005	35.3 °C27 June 2005	-10.5 °C1 March 2005	12.6 °C	462 mm	19	44
2004	33.5 °C1 August 2004	-4.2 °C4 January 2004	12.4 °C	652 mm	12	27
2003	37.1 °C4 August 2003	-7.2 °C13 January 2003	13.3 °C	707 mm	27	35
2002	31.1 °C17 June 2002	-2.5 °C1 January 2002	12.9 °C	840 mm	4	8
2001	34.1 °C25 June 2001	-7.0 °C21 December 2001	12.3 °C	892 mm	11	31
2000	33.0 °C24 August 2000	-5.3 °C25 January 2000	12.7 °C	868 mm	9	18
1999	33.0 °C2 July 1999	-4.2 °C12 January 1999	12.8 °C	1,065 mm	5	23
1998	35.2 °C9 August 1998	-5.8 °C24 November 1998	12.2 °C	809 mm	10	36
1997	31.6 °C9 August 1997	-9.3 °C2 January 1997	13.0 °C	795 mm	9	24
1996	34.4 °C22 July 1996	-9.7 °C29 December 1996	11.9 °C	633 mm	7	26
1995	34.5 °C25 July 1995	-5.8 °C27 December 1995	12.8 °C	792 mm	13	26
1994	34.8 °C3 August 1994	-6.2 °C19 January 1994	13.1 °C	1,015 mm	10	15
1993	31.3 °C21 August 1993	-7.5 °C3 January 1993	11.7 °C	766 mm	4	31
1992	32.4 °C20 July 1992	-4.4 °C22 January 1992	12.0 °C	653 mm	8	26
1991	32.8 °C26 August 1991	-10.9 °C8 February 1991	11.7 °C	631 mm	17	37
1990	35.9 °C22 July 1990	-5.0 °C20 December 1990	13.1 °C	626 mm	21	18
1989	32.7 °C20 July 1989	-3.7 °C11 December 1989	13.2 °C	599 mm	5	24
1988	29.5 °C7 August 1988	-4.9 °C23 November 1988	12.2 °C	936 mm	0	14
1987	33.3 °C16 August 1987	-15.1 °C17 January 1987	11.3 °C	689 mm	10	48
1986	32.9 °C26 June 1986	-11.1 °C9 February 1986	11.4 °C	775 mm	3	35
1985	32.8 °C13 July 1985	-11.3 °C8 January 1985	11.1 °C	755 mm	3	52
1984	32.4 °C29 July 1984	-4.2 °C10 January 1984	11.8 °C	934 mm	4	21
1983	33.7 °C10 July 1983	-4.4 °C21 January 1983	12.1 °C	927 mm	10	35
1982	34.5 °C8 July 1982	-3.2 °C24 February 1982	12.6 °C	919 mm	8	10
1981	32.8 °C30 July 1981	-4.1 °C12 February 1981	11.9 °C	905 mm	5	28
1980	30.0 °C2 August 1980	-5.3 °C14 January 1980	11.0 °C	700 mm	1	37
1979	31.6 °C26 July 1979	-7.1 °C2 January 1979	11.4 °C	858 mm	1	36
1978	29.9 °C29 July 1978	-7.5 °C13 February 1978	11.5 °C	846 mm	0	30
1977	28.3 °C2 July 1977	-4.6 °C1 December 1977	11.7 °C	891 mm	0	26
1976	35.0 °C25 June 1976	-4.6 °C28 December 1976	12.4 °C	714 mm	18	34
1975	35.6 °C2 August 1975	-3.6 °C20 December 1975	11.7 °C	665 mm	10	31
1974	34.2 °C15 August 1974	-3.7 °C28 February 1974	11.8 °C	774 mm	4	13
1973	33.3 °C13 August 1973	-5.6 °C11 December 1973	11.7 °C	630 mm	13	43
1972	28.8 °C8 July 1972	-6.4 °C31 January 1972	11.2 °C	789 mm	0	15
1971	33.3 °C9 July 1971	-6.8 °C5 January 1971	11.6 °C	757 mm	7	36
1970	31.6 °C6 July 1970	-6.1 °C28 December 1970	11.6 °C	747 mm	4	43
1969	34.3 °C8 August 1969	-6.7 °C16 February 1969	11.9 °C	795 mm	7	34
1968	35.0 °C1 July 1968	-5.9 °C13 December 1968	11.7 °C	741 mm	3	32
1967	31.5 °C1 July 1967	-11.3 °C11 January 1967	11.7 °C	782 mm	1	28
1966	30.1 °C12 August 1966	-7.4 °C16 January 1966	12.0 °C	1,043 mm	1	15
1965	28.3 °C12 August 1965	-4.6 °C3 March 1965	11.3 °C	949 mm	0	34
1964	33.7 °C16 July 1964	-7.2 °C29 December 1964	11.7 °C	643 mm	7	37
1963	29.9 °C21 July 1963	-9.7 °C19 January 1963	10.6 °C	778 mm	0	56
1962	30.3 °C2 September 1962	-7.8 °C25 December 1962	11.3 °C	656 mm	1	40
1961	33.3 °C29 August 1961	-3.7 °C19 December 1961	12.9 °C	723 mm	9	15
1960	30.3 °C18 June 1960	-6.9 °C16 January 1960	11.8 °C	952 mm	2	30
1959	31.7 °C9 July 1959	-4.2 °C11 January 1959	13.1 °C	732 mm	4	14
1958	28.2 °C9 August 1958	-5.6 °C12 March 1958	11.9 °C	1,010 mm	0	22
1957	33.3 °C3 July 1957	-4.5 °C20 January 1957	12.2 °C	710 mm	8	16
1956	32.0 °C9 August 1956	-11.9 °C20 February 1956	11.0 °C	483 mm	1	41
1955	30.4 °C17 July 1955	-3.8 °C18 February 1955	12.2 °C	750 mm	4	35
1954	30.6 °C3 August 1954	-10.2 °C2 February 1954	11.4 °C	666 mm	1	26
1953	31.2 °C11 August 1953	-5.4 °C8 February 1953	11.8 °C	494 mm	1	39
1952	34.9 °C30 June 1952	-5.3 °C19 November 1952	11.9 °C	870 mm	3	40
1951	31.5 °C29 July 1951	-2.7 °C2 March 1951	11.6 °C	795 mm	2	17
1950	31.2 °C29 June 1950	-4.7 °C30 December 1950	12.0 °C	800 mm	2	36
1949	37.3 °C12 July 1949	-4.7 °C14 December 1949	13.0 °C	497 mm	20	31
1948	32.5 °C28 July 1948	-9.5 °C22 February 1948	12.2 °C	738 mm	3	18
1947	36.8 °C28 July 1947	-9.7 °C29 January 1947	12.8 °C	630 mm	26	38
1946	33.0 °C3 July 1946	-12.5 °C22 December 1946	11.3 °C	575 mm	9	44
1945	33.5 °C13 July 1945	-12.3 °C26 January 1945	12.6 °C	510 mm	10	41
1944	35.2 °C14 August 1944	-5.0 °C8 January 1944	11.9 °C	586 mm	10	50
1943	32.7 °C30 July 1943	-2.9 °C12 December 1943	12.5 °C	617 mm	10	21
1942	32.0 °C27 August 1942	-9.3 °C22 January 1942	11.4 °C	626 mm	7	63
1941	34.3 °C25 July 1941	-6.8 °C15 January 1941	11.2 °C	701 mm	8	41
1940	31.1 °C6 September 1940	-11.1 °C21 January 1940	11.8 °C	596 mm	5	48

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.2 °C

+2.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

30 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

23 d/yr

-6

Annual rainfall

770 mm

+12 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.1 °C	+1.1 °C	181 mm	+102 mm
Feb	10.9 °C	+1.5 °C	65 mm	-3 mm
Mar	13.9 °C	+1.4 °C	45 mm	-19 mm
Apr	18.3 °C	+3.1 °C	77 mm	+17 mm
May	21.0 °C	+2.3 °C	27 mm	-41 mm
Jun	27.5 °C	+5.2 °C	15 mm	-32 mm
Jul	26.7 °C	+2.2 °C	37 mm	-1 mm
Aug	28.3 °C	+3.9 °C	49 mm	+6 mm
Sep	20.9 °C	-0.9 °C	56 mm	+4 mm
Oct	18.0 °C	+0.8 °C	72 mm	-2 mm
Nov	13.7 °C	+1.9 °C	80 mm	-1 mm
Dec	10.0 °C	+1.3 °C	67 mm	-18 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.9 °C

11 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-4.4 °C

22 Nov 2025

Wettest day

23.7 mm

26 Jan 2025

Windiest day

40.6 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

97.2 km/h

26 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

30 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-8.1 °C

22 Nov 2025

Snowiest day

0.1 cm

16 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

15.5 h

18 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fontenay-le-Comte?

Fontenay-le-Comte has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 758 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The hottest day measured in Fontenay-le-Comte between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 40.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The coldest day measured in Fontenay-le-Comte between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1987, at -15.1 °C.

Does it snow in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Yes. Fontenay-le-Comte gets on average 4.2 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.

Has the climate of Fontenay-le-Comte warmed?

Yes: Fontenay-le-Comte warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The wettest day measured in Fontenay-le-Comte between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 1994, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The windiest day measured in Fontenay-le-Comte between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 60.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The warmest month in Fontenay-le-Comte is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Fontenay-le-Comte receives on average 758 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Fontenay-le-Comte gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fontenay-le-Comte?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fontenay-le-Comte between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1945, with 9.2 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Fontenay-le-Comte?

Yes: Fontenay-le-Comte has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fontenay-le-Comte?

In Fontenay-le-Comte, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 8 August 2003, and the lowest was -19.8 °C on 17 January 1987.

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