La Charité-sur-Loire climate — normals and trends
La Charité-sur-Loire (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 816 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
La Charité-sur-Loire averages 48 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
La Charité-sur-Loire has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 58 to 38 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -21.8 °C (on 17 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
La Charité-sur-LoireBourgogne
- coords
- 47.18°, 3.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
816mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
16.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
48 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
17.1 cm
Average feels-like high
13.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
40.8 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-21.8 °C
17 January 1985
Wettest day
56 mm
19 September 2021
Windiest day
54.3 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
24 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-27.2 °C
17 January 1985
Snowiest day
17.8 cm
28 November 1947
Sunniest day
15.4 h
30 June 2025
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 | 7.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 108 mm | +37 mm |
| Feb | 9.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 56 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 66 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 54 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 38 mm | -40 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +5.6 °C | 24 mm | -39 mm |
| Jul | 26.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 65 mm | +10 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 70 mm | +12 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | -0.7 °C | 85 mm | +20 mm |
| Oct | 16.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 78 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 93 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | 8.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 81 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of La Charité-sur-Loire?
La Charité-sur-Loire has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 816 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in La Charité-sur-Loire?
The hottest day measured in La Charité-sur-Loire between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in La Charité-sur-Loire?
The coldest day measured in La Charité-sur-Loire between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1985, at -21.8 °C.
Does it snow in La Charité-sur-Loire?
Yes. La Charité-sur-Loire gets on average 17.1 cm of snow per year and has around 48 frost days.
Has the climate of La Charité-sur-Loire warmed?
Yes: La Charité-sur-Loire warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in La Charité-sur-Loire?
The wettest day measured in La Charité-sur-Loire between 1940 and 2025 was 19 September 2021, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in La Charité-sur-Loire?
The windiest day measured in La Charité-sur-Loire between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 54.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in La Charité-sur-Loire?
The warmest month in La Charité-sur-Loire is July (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in La Charité-sur-Loire?
La Charité-sur-Loire receives on average 816 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in La Charité-sur-Loire?
La Charité-sur-Loire gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in La Charité-sur-Loire?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in La Charité-sur-Loire between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1947, with 17.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in La Charité-sur-Loire?
Yes: La Charité-sur-Loire has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in La Charité-sur-Loire?
In La Charité-sur-Loire, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 24 July 2019, and the lowest was -27.2 °C on 17 January 1985.
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