Loudéac climate — normals and trends
Loudéac (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 671 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Loudéac averages 29 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Loudéac has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 37 to 21 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -13.1 °C (on 20 January 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
LoudéacBrittany Region
- coords
- 48.18°, -2.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
7.4°C
Annual rainfall
671mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
20.3km/h
Seasonal range
12.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.8 cm
Average feels-like high
12.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
40.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
39.3 °C
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-13.1 °C
20 January 1963
Wettest day
43 mm
2 October 2020
Windiest day
69.9 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
131.0 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
9 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-19.3 °C
17 January 1985
Snowiest day
14.3 cm
4 January 1979
Sunniest day
15.6 h
18 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 168 mm | +107 mm |
| Feb | 9.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 43 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 43 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 55 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 45 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 31 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 23.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 63 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 43 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 49 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 16.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 45 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 56 mm | -7 mm |
| Dec | 9.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 77 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Loudéac?
Loudéac has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 671 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Loudéac?
The hottest day measured in Loudéac between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Loudéac?
The coldest day measured in Loudéac between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1963, at -13.1 °C.
Does it snow in Loudéac?
Yes. Loudéac gets on average 6.8 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Loudéac warmed?
Yes: Loudéac warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Loudéac?
The wettest day measured in Loudéac between 1940 and 2025 was 2 October 2020, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Loudéac?
The windiest day measured in Loudéac between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 69.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Loudéac?
The warmest month in Loudéac is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Loudéac?
Loudéac receives on average 671 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Loudéac?
Loudéac gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Loudéac?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Loudéac between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1979, with 14.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Loudéac?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Loudéac.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Loudéac?
In Loudéac, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 9 August 2003, and the lowest was -19.3 °C on 17 January 1985.
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