La Motte-Servolex climate — normals and trends
La Motte-Servolex (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 1,404 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 (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
La Motte-Servolex averages 86 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.
La Motte-Servolex has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -24.4 °C (on 15 February 1956).
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 Motte-ServolexRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.60°, 5.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
14.2°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,404mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
8.1km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
86 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
158 d/yr
Annual snowfall
114.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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
37.7 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-24.4 °C
15 February 1956
Wettest day
81 mm
18 September 1973
Windiest day
23.7 km/h
25 October 2010
Strongest gust
119.5 km/h
28 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-29.0 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
29.2 cm
17 April 2005
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 | 7.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 194 mm | +81 mm |
| Feb | 9.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 48 mm | -60 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 89 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 17.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 142 mm | +26 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 145 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +5.9 °C | 93 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 25.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 91 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 73 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 19.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 152 mm | +47 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 171 mm | +63 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 159 mm | +30 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 36 mm | -90 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of La Motte-Servolex?
La Motte-Servolex has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 1,404 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in La Motte-Servolex?
The hottest day measured in La Motte-Servolex between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in La Motte-Servolex?
The coldest day measured in La Motte-Servolex between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1956, at -24.4 °C.
Does it snow in La Motte-Servolex?
Yes. La Motte-Servolex gets on average 114.7 cm of snow per year and has around 86 frost days.
Has the climate of La Motte-Servolex warmed?
Yes: La Motte-Servolex warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in La Motte-Servolex?
The wettest day measured in La Motte-Servolex between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1973, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in La Motte-Servolex?
The windiest day measured in La Motte-Servolex between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2010, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in La Motte-Servolex?
The warmest month in La Motte-Servolex is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in La Motte-Servolex?
La Motte-Servolex receives on average 1,404 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.
Is it sunny in La Motte-Servolex?
La Motte-Servolex gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in La Motte-Servolex?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in La Motte-Servolex between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 2005, with 29.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in La Motte-Servolex?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in La Motte-Servolex.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in La Motte-Servolex?
In La Motte-Servolex, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -29.0 °C on 7 January 1985.
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