Luçon climate — normals and trends
Luçon (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 712 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 (19.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Luçon averages 25 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Luçon has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 32 to 18 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -11.9 °C (on 9 February 1986).
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
LuçonPays de la Loire Region
- coords
- 46.45°, -1.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
8.9°C
Annual rainfall
712mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
13.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
6.5 °C
Average peak gust
37.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
40.4 °C
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-11.9 °C
9 February 1986
Wettest day
48 mm
12 May 1981
Windiest day
71.9 km/h
27 December 1999
Strongest gust
132.5 km/h
27 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
8 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-18.5 °C
12 January 1987
Snowiest day
10.1 cm
26 January 1945
Sunniest day
15.4 h
19 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 167 mm | +93 mm |
| Feb | 10.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 64 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 35 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 82 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 32 mm | -30 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 19 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 26.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 50 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 27.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 35 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 61 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 18.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 63 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 14.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 77 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 10.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 70 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Luçon?
Luçon has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 712 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luçon?
The hottest day measured in Luçon between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Luçon?
The coldest day measured in Luçon between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1986, at -11.9 °C.
Does it snow in Luçon?
Yes. Luçon gets on average 2.9 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Luçon warmed?
Yes: Luçon warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Luçon?
The wettest day measured in Luçon between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1981, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Luçon?
The windiest day measured in Luçon between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 71.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Luçon?
The warmest month in Luçon is July (19.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Luçon?
Luçon receives on average 712 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Luçon?
Luçon gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Luçon?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Luçon between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1945, with 10.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Luçon?
Yes: Luçon has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luçon?
In Luçon, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 8 August 2003, and the lowest was -18.5 °C on 12 January 1987.
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