Mende climate — normals and trends
Mende (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 959 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 (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Mende averages 100 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Mende has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 119 to 81 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 12 August 2025) and the coldest -22.8 °C (on 28 January 1947).
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
MendeOccitanie
- coords
- 44.52°, 3.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
959mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
16.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
114.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
41.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
34.0 °C
12 August 2025
Coldest day
-22.8 °C
28 January 1947
Wettest day
96 mm
21 December 1978
Windiest day
48.6 km/h
8 February 1984
Strongest gust
141.8 km/h
28 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-28.0 °C
28 January 1947
Snowiest day
61.3 cm
21 December 1978
Sunniest day
14.9 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 88 mm | +9 mm |
| Feb | 7.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 97 mm | +25 mm |
| Mar | 7.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 100 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 86 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 74 mm | -21 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +5.9 °C | 64 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 23.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 49 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 67 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 17.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 87 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 14.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 74 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 89 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 187 mm | +100 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mende?
Mende has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 959 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mende?
The hottest day measured in Mende between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2025, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mende?
The coldest day measured in Mende between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1947, at -22.8 °C.
Does it snow in Mende?
Yes. Mende gets on average 114.0 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Mende warmed?
Yes: Mende warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mende?
The wettest day measured in Mende between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1978, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mende?
The windiest day measured in Mende between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1984, with winds reaching 48.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mende?
The warmest month in Mende is July (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Mende?
Mende receives on average 959 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mende?
Mende gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mende?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mende between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1978, with 61.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mende?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mende.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mende?
In Mende, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 23 August 2023, and the lowest was -28.0 °C on 28 January 1947.
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