Lavelanet climate — normals and trends
Lavelanet (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,136 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 (18.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Lavelanet averages 54 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.
Lavelanet has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 72 to 36 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 11 August 2025) and the coldest -22.1 °C (on 16 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
LavelanetOccitanie
- coords
- 42.93°, 1.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
14.9°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,136mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
15.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
54 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
167 d/yr
Annual snowfall
99.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.3 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
35.7 °C
11 August 2025
Coldest day
-22.1 °C
16 January 1985
Wettest day
83 mm
24 September 1993
Windiest day
41.3 km/h
8 February 1996
Strongest gust
135.7 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
6 July 1982
Coldest feels-like
-26.9 °C
16 January 1985
Snowiest day
24.6 cm
31 January 1986
Sunniest day
14.5 h
17 June 2000
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 73 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 10.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 25 mm | -56 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 108 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 100 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 124 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +5.2 °C | 94 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 24.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 80 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 87 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | -0.6 °C | 59 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 18.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 32 mm | -49 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 119 mm | +27 mm |
| Dec | 10.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 84 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lavelanet?
Lavelanet has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 1,136 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lavelanet?
The hottest day measured in Lavelanet between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lavelanet?
The coldest day measured in Lavelanet between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1985, at -22.1 °C.
Does it snow in Lavelanet?
Yes. Lavelanet gets on average 99.7 cm of snow per year and has around 54 frost days.
Has the climate of Lavelanet warmed?
Yes: Lavelanet warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lavelanet?
The wettest day measured in Lavelanet between 1940 and 2025 was 24 September 1993, with 83 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lavelanet?
The windiest day measured in Lavelanet between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1996, with winds reaching 41.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lavelanet?
The warmest month in Lavelanet is July (18.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Lavelanet?
Lavelanet receives on average 1,136 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lavelanet?
Lavelanet gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lavelanet?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lavelanet between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1986, with 24.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lavelanet?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lavelanet.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lavelanet?
In Lavelanet, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 6 July 1982, and the lowest was -26.9 °C on 16 January 1985.
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