Loriol-sur-Drôme climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Loriol-sur-Drôme?

Loriol-sur-Drôme has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 919 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The hottest day measured in Loriol-sur-Drôme between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2025, reaching 40.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The coldest day measured in Loriol-sur-Drôme between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1963, at -17.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

Yes. Loriol-sur-Drôme gets on average 17.7 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Loriol-sur-Drôme warmed?

Yes: Loriol-sur-Drôme warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The wettest day measured in Loriol-sur-Drôme between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1968, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The windiest day measured in Loriol-sur-Drôme between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2010, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The warmest month in Loriol-sur-Drôme is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

Loriol-sur-Drôme receives on average 919 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

Loriol-sur-Drôme gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Loriol-sur-Drôme (France) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 919 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Loriol-sur-Drôme averages 37 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.

Loriol-sur-Drôme has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 52 to 22 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 12 August 2025) and the coldest -17.5 °C (on 5 February 1963).

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

Loriol-sur-DrômeRhône-Alpes

coords: 44.75°, 4.82°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

12.4°C

Average daily high

16.8°C

Average daily low

8.4°C

Annual rainfall

919mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

17.5km/h

Seasonal range

18.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

37 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

21 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

108 d/yr

Annual snowfall

17.7 cm

Average feels-like high

14.7 °C

Average feels-like low

6.0 °C

Average peak gust

41.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

5 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

40.0 °C

12 August 2025

Coldest day

-17.5 °C

5 February 1963

Wettest day

100 mm

15 September 1968

Windiest day

49.3 km/h

25 October 2010

Strongest gust

114.1 km/h

8 November 1982

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

27 June 2019

Coldest feels-like

-23.0 °C

10 February 1956

Snowiest day

23.9 cm

14 November 2019

Sunniest day

15.0 h

2 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.0 °C12 August 2025	-3.3 °C23 November 2025	14.0 °C	1,075 mm	50	21
2024	36.4 °C30 July 2024	-3.4 °C21 January 2024	13.8 °C	1,205 mm	39	16
2023	39.7 °C22 August 2023	-3.8 °C9 February 2023	14.5 °C	748 mm	55	26
2022	37.4 °C18 July 2022	-4.5 °C12 December 2022	14.9 °C	907 mm	62	28
2021	34.7 °C15 August 2021	-4.4 °C14 February 2021	13.0 °C	911 mm	14	23
2020	37.4 °C31 July 2020	-4.2 °C27 December 2020	14.2 °C	710 mm	50	19
2019	39.4 °C27 June 2019	-3.9 °C19 January 2019	14.0 °C	991 mm	51	25
2018	36.3 °C4 August 2018	-8.7 °C28 February 2018	14.3 °C	1,074 mm	48	17
2017	37.5 °C3 August 2017	-5.8 °C20 January 2017	13.7 °C	510 mm	52	30
2016	35.0 °C10 July 2016	-2.4 °C22 January 2016	13.3 °C	854 mm	37	19
2015	37.2 °C7 August 2015	-3.4 °C6 January 2015	14.1 °C	816 mm	48	21
2014	33.7 °C10 June 2014	-3.4 °C29 December 2014	13.9 °C	1,191 mm	12	6
2013	34.9 °C27 July 2013	-4.4 °C26 January 2013	12.5 °C	1,141 mm	27	45
2012	38.5 °C21 August 2012	-10.3 °C5 February 2012	13.3 °C	848 mm	39	36
2011	35.6 °C20 August 2011	-3.9 °C23 January 2011	13.9 °C	795 mm	20	23
2010	35.3 °C11 July 2010	-7.8 °C11 January 2010	12.3 °C	949 mm	35	60
2009	36.6 °C19 August 2009	-7.3 °C20 December 2009	13.5 °C	811 mm	35	36
2008	32.6 °C31 July 2008	-3.9 °C13 December 2008	12.6 °C	1,293 mm	20	29
2007	33.6 °C19 July 2007	-5.2 °C19 December 2007	13.1 °C	611 mm	23	27
2006	36.4 °C21 July 2006	-5.5 °C15 January 2006	13.5 °C	854 mm	44	50
2005	36.0 °C27 June 2005	-8.7 °C1 March 2005	12.6 °C	596 mm	33	63
2004	35.3 °C1 August 2004	-4.1 °C30 January 2004	12.9 °C	817 mm	27	29
2003	39.9 °C12 August 2003	-7.0 °C13 January 2003	13.8 °C	992 mm	65	40
2002	34.6 °C23 June 2002	-4.3 °C2 January 2002	13.3 °C	1,150 mm	21	16
2001	35.0 °C25 August 2001	-7.6 °C15 December 2001	13.0 °C	960 mm	27	27
2000	33.8 °C19 August 2000	-5.6 °C26 January 2000	13.2 °C	1,108 mm	20	16
1999	33.3 °C4 July 1999	-5.5 °C13 February 1999	12.8 °C	1,029 mm	16	37
1998	35.8 °C11 August 1998	-6.3 °C23 November 1998	12.5 °C	729 mm	21	44
1997	33.4 °C10 August 1997	-6.2 °C1 January 1997	13.2 °C	792 mm	11	31
1996	31.8 °C1 August 1996	-6.8 °C30 December 1996	12.1 °C	1,186 mm	4	32
1995	34.8 °C21 July 1995	-7.0 °C5 January 1995	12.8 °C	793 mm	23	26
1994	35.9 °C6 August 1994	-3.0 °C19 January 1994	13.7 °C	1,089 mm	42	20
1993	32.9 °C21 August 1993	-9.1 °C4 January 1993	12.1 °C	1,185 mm	13	38
1992	32.8 °C7 August 1992	-3.7 °C20 February 1992	12.4 °C	998 mm	17	29
1991	34.1 °C26 August 1991	-7.0 °C7 February 1991	12.3 °C	649 mm	29	47
1990	35.2 °C3 August 1990	-4.9 °C17 December 1990	13.0 °C	781 mm	30	37
1989	33.6 °C30 July 1989	-4.2 °C28 November 1989	13.2 °C	605 mm	20	33
1988	32.0 °C14 August 1988	-4.0 °C23 November 1988	12.6 °C	1,056 mm	12	20
1987	34.4 °C14 August 1987	-12.2 °C12 January 1987	12.1 °C	1,223 mm	18	41
1986	35.1 °C30 July 1986	-11.3 °C10 February 1986	12.2 °C	918 mm	19	36
1985	33.8 °C25 July 1985	-13.4 °C7 January 1985	11.6 °C	754 mm	8	53
1984	32.5 °C23 July 1984	-4.6 °C18 February 1984	11.5 °C	969 mm	8	30
1983	36.8 °C26 July 1983	-8.7 °C17 February 1983	12.4 °C	863 mm	23	40
1982	35.1 °C6 July 1982	-4.3 °C25 February 1982	12.7 °C	927 mm	11	14
1981	34.0 °C5 August 1981	-4.9 °C15 February 1981	12.0 °C	1,001 mm	5	41
1980	33.2 °C7 August 1980	-6.4 °C10 December 1980	11.4 °C	809 mm	6	39
1979	33.7 °C29 July 1979	-6.3 °C2 January 1979	12.1 °C	1,092 mm	11	43
1978	32.1 °C17 July 1978	-6.1 °C14 February 1978	11.5 °C	817 mm	5	28
1977	28.4 °C6 August 1977	-3.1 °C13 January 1977	12.0 °C	1,405 mm	0	23
1976	33.8 °C15 July 1976	-6.0 °C30 December 1976	12.3 °C	1,045 mm	20	25
1975	32.6 °C7 August 1975	-3.8 °C21 December 1975	11.8 °C	1,125 mm	11	26
1974	33.9 °C17 August 1974	-4.6 °C1 March 1974	12.3 °C	1,045 mm	11	7
1973	34.1 °C4 July 1973	-8.3 °C3 December 1973	12.1 °C	776 mm	24	34
1972	33.2 °C11 August 1972	-4.9 °C31 January 1972	12.0 °C	1,153 mm	6	25
1971	34.0 °C18 August 1971	-15.5 °C5 January 1971	11.8 °C	1,097 mm	14	53
1970	33.4 °C24 July 1970	-7.2 °C3 January 1970	12.0 °C	1,227 mm	13	45
1969	31.7 °C23 July 1969	-5.3 °C12 December 1969	11.7 °C	1,062 mm	9	47
1968	32.8 °C10 July 1968	-6.9 °C13 January 1968	11.9 °C	1,097 mm	6	34
1967	33.4 °C19 July 1967	-10.1 °C11 January 1967	12.2 °C	895 mm	8	33
1966	33.9 °C9 September 1966	-9.4 °C18 January 1966	11.9 °C	1,040 mm	7	42
1965	32.0 °C25 June 1965	-4.8 °C4 March 1965	11.3 °C	1,035 mm	6	53
1964	34.2 °C17 July 1964	-7.4 °C30 December 1964	11.7 °C	929 mm	13	42
1963	31.2 °C22 July 1963	-17.5 °C5 February 1963	10.8 °C	1,224 mm	4	70
1962	35.3 °C14 August 1962	-11.0 °C28 December 1962	11.7 °C	654 mm	36	58
1961	34.4 °C30 August 1961	-4.2 °C17 December 1961	13.1 °C	732 mm	25	27
1960	31.7 °C19 June 1960	-6.2 °C15 January 1960	12.0 °C	1,313 mm	5	29
1959	33.1 °C28 July 1959	-3.8 °C18 January 1959	12.8 °C	842 mm	13	20
1958	33.0 °C1 August 1958	-5.3 °C23 January 1958	12.1 °C	932 mm	11	30
1957	32.6 °C7 August 1957	-5.0 °C20 January 1957	12.1 °C	755 mm	17	32
1956	32.3 °C9 August 1956	-14.5 °C10 February 1956	10.8 °C	857 mm	1	45
1955	33.6 °C18 July 1955	-7.8 °C9 March 1955	12.3 °C	810 mm	6	29
1954	31.2 °C26 July 1954	-9.1 °C2 February 1954	11.2 °C	816 mm	3	36
1953	31.7 °C13 August 1953	-11.3 °C16 January 1953	11.7 °C	704 mm	6	55
1952	35.1 °C1 July 1952	-8.9 °C26 January 1952	11.9 °C	751 mm	24	57
1951	30.1 °C29 July 1951	-4.9 °C1 January 1951	11.7 °C	1,272 mm	1	33
1950	36.3 °C4 July 1950	-8.3 °C31 December 1950	12.1 °C	673 mm	26	54
1949	33.7 °C1 August 1949	-5.3 °C6 March 1949	12.3 °C	650 mm	22	51
1948	29.4 °C27 July 1948	-15.9 °C23 February 1948	11.4 °C	1,088 mm	0	46
1947	35.6 °C28 July 1947	-10.0 °C28 January 1947	12.4 °C	747 mm	27	67
1946	33.1 °C4 August 1946	-9.1 °C21 January 1946	11.3 °C	902 mm	11	59
1945	35.1 °C22 July 1945	-14.2 °C12 January 1945	11.8 °C	628 mm	17	64
1944	35.4 °C23 August 1944	-8.0 °C20 February 1944	11.2 °C	702 mm	19	71
1943	34.5 °C18 August 1943	-3.4 °C17 January 1943	12.2 °C	718 mm	20	37
1942	33.4 °C27 July 1942	-9.1 °C13 January 1942	11.7 °C	726 mm	29	76
1941	34.3 °C26 July 1941	-16.6 °C14 January 1941	10.5 °C	856 mm	16	80
1940	31.6 °C5 August 1940	-12.8 °C25 December 1940	10.6 °C	563 mm	6	75

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.9 °C

+2.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

21 d/yr

-16

Annual rainfall

1075 mm

+156 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.0 °C	+2.1 °C	136 mm	+71 mm
Feb	10.6 °C	+1.8 °C	84 mm	+22 mm
Mar	13.4 °C	+0.8 °C	116 mm	+44 mm
Apr	18.6 °C	+2.7 °C	93 mm	+15 mm
May	21.6 °C	+1.6 °C	64 mm	-26 mm
Jun	30.3 °C	+6.0 °C	39 mm	-18 mm
Jul	29.1 °C	+1.7 °C	23 mm	-21 mm
Aug	31.0 °C	+4.0 °C	40 mm	-18 mm
Sep	22.4 °C	-0.3 °C	167 mm	+72 mm
Oct	17.7 °C	+0.5 °C	112 mm	-6 mm
Nov	12.5 °C	+1.4 °C	114 mm	+8 mm
Dec	9.8 °C	+2.1 °C	87 mm	+13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.0 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-3.3 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

71.7 mm

21 Sep 2025

Windiest day

40.2 km/h

29 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

88.9 km/h

29 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.0 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-8.1 °C

14 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

2.8 cm

25 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Loriol-sur-Drôme?

Loriol-sur-Drôme has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 919 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The hottest day measured in Loriol-sur-Drôme between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2025, reaching 40.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The coldest day measured in Loriol-sur-Drôme between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1963, at -17.5 °C.

Does it snow in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

Yes. Loriol-sur-Drôme gets on average 17.7 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.

Has the climate of Loriol-sur-Drôme warmed?

Yes: Loriol-sur-Drôme warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The wettest day measured in Loriol-sur-Drôme between 1940 and 2025 was 15 September 1968, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The windiest day measured in Loriol-sur-Drôme between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2010, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The warmest month in Loriol-sur-Drôme is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

Loriol-sur-Drôme receives on average 919 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

Loriol-sur-Drôme gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Loriol-sur-Drôme between 1940 and 2025 was 14 November 2019, with 23.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

Yes: Loriol-sur-Drôme has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Loriol-sur-Drôme?

In Loriol-sur-Drôme, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -23.0 °C on 10 February 1956.

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