Gières climate — normals and trends
Gières (France) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 1,434 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 (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Gières averages 124 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 163 rainy days per year.
Gières has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 150 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -26.7 °C (on 5 January 1995).
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
GièresRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.18°, 5.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,434mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
7.9km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
163 d/yr
Annual snowfall
230.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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
34.5 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-26.7 °C
5 January 1995
Wettest day
82 mm
18 September 1973
Windiest day
19.9 km/h
16 April 1972
Strongest gust
126.7 km/h
28 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
36.0 °C
26 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
5 January 1995
Snowiest day
28.4 cm
9 December 1990
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 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 | 5.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 196 mm | +81 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 48 mm | -63 mm |
| Mar | 9.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 99 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 157 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 160 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +5.9 °C | 88 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 81 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 88 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 137 mm | +31 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 161 mm | +49 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 159 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 38 mm | -90 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gières?
Gières has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 1,434 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gières?
The hottest day measured in Gières between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gières?
The coldest day measured in Gières between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1995, at -26.7 °C.
Does it snow in Gières?
Yes. Gières gets on average 230.2 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Gières warmed?
Yes: Gières warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gières?
The wettest day measured in Gières between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1973, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gières?
The windiest day measured in Gières between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1972, with winds reaching 19.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gières?
The warmest month in Gières is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Gières?
Gières receives on average 1,434 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gières?
Gières 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 Gières?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gières between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 1990, with 28.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gières?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gières.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gières?
In Gières, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.0 °C on 26 June 2019, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 5 January 1995.
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