Fougères climate — normals and trends
Fougères has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 11.1 °C annually with 761 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
FougèresBrittany Region
- coords
- 48.35°, -1.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
14.8°C
Average daily low
7.6°C
Annual rainfall
761mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
13.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
33 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.0 cm
Average feels-like high
12.8 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
38.4 °C
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-16.6 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
47 mm
24 July 2000
Windiest day
54.6 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
131.8 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
5 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-21.8 °C
8 January 1985
Snowiest day
11.5 cm
4 January 1979
Sunniest day
15.8 h
24 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 195 mm | +125 mm |
| Feb | 8.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 58 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 23 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 18.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 64 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 38 mm | -34 mm |
| Jun | 25.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 47 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 90 mm | +38 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 39 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 56 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 62 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 12.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 56 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 9.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 72 mm | -1 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Fougères (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 761 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Fougères averages 33 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Fougères 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 43 to 23 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -16.6 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fougères?
Fougères has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 761 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fougères?
The hottest day measured in Fougères between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fougères?
The coldest day measured in Fougères between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -16.6 °C.
Does it snow in Fougères?
Yes. Fougères gets on average 7.0 cm of snow per year and has around 33 frost days.
Has the climate of Fougères warmed?
Yes: Fougères warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fougères?
The wettest day measured in Fougères between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2000, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fougères?
The windiest day measured in Fougères between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 54.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fougères?
The warmest month in Fougères is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Fougères?
Fougères receives on average 761 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fougères?
Fougères gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fougères?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fougères between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1979, with 11.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fougères?
Yes: Fougères has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fougères?
In Fougères, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 5 August 2003, and the lowest was -21.8 °C on 8 January 1985.
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