Lourdes climate — normals and trends
Lourdes (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 1,711 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 (15.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Lourdes averages 101 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 188 rainy days per year.
Lourdes has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 120 to 82 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.2 °C (on 11 August 2025) and the coldest -22.5 °C (on 2 February 1954).
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
LourdesOccitanie
- coords
- 43.09°, -0.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
3.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,711mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
15.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
188 d/yr
Annual snowfall
248.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
32.2 °C
11 August 2025
Coldest day
-22.5 °C
2 February 1954
Wettest day
97 mm
10 October 2010
Windiest day
26.6 km/h
24 January 2009
Strongest gust
134.3 km/h
8 February 1996
Hottest feels-like
34.1 °C
30 June 2015
Coldest feels-like
-27.1 °C
9 January 1985
Snowiest day
27.2 cm
11 December 1990
Sunniest day
14.5 h
18 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 135 mm | +15 mm |
| Feb | 8.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 79 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 7.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 150 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 190 mm | +35 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 183 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +5.0 °C | 157 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 21.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 106 mm | -42 mm |
| Aug | 24.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 188 mm | +27 mm |
| Sep | 18.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 137 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 15.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 57 mm | -76 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 162 mm | +35 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 83 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lourdes?
Lourdes has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 1,711 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lourdes?
The hottest day measured in Lourdes between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2025, reaching 32.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lourdes?
The coldest day measured in Lourdes between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1954, at -22.5 °C.
Does it snow in Lourdes?
Yes. Lourdes gets on average 248.5 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Lourdes warmed?
Yes: Lourdes warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lourdes?
The wettest day measured in Lourdes between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 2010, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lourdes?
The windiest day measured in Lourdes between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 26.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lourdes?
The warmest month in Lourdes is July (15.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Lourdes?
Lourdes receives on average 1,711 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lourdes?
Lourdes gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lourdes?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lourdes between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1990, with 27.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lourdes?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lourdes.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lourdes?
In Lourdes, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.1 °C on 30 June 2015, and the lowest was -27.1 °C on 9 January 1985.
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