Meximieux climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Meximieux?

Meximieux has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,002 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Meximieux?

The hottest day measured in Meximieux between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 39.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Meximieux?

The coldest day measured in Meximieux between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1945, at -24.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Meximieux?

Yes. Meximieux gets on average 33.8 cm of snow per year and has around 55 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Meximieux warmed?

Yes: Meximieux warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Meximieux?

The wettest day measured in Meximieux between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1985, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Meximieux?

The windiest day measured in Meximieux between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1949, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Meximieux?

The warmest month in Meximieux is July (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Meximieux?

Meximieux receives on average 1,002 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Meximieux?

Meximieux gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Meximieux (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,002 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 (20.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Meximieux averages 55 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.

Meximieux has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 73 to 37 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -24.5 °C (on 12 January 1945).

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

MeximieuxRhône-Alpes

coords: 45.91°, 5.20°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfbTemperate oceanicWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

11.5°C

Average daily high

15.8°C

Average daily low

7.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,002mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

18.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

55 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

17 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

132 d/yr

Annual snowfall

33.8 cm

Average feels-like high

14.0 °C

Average feels-like low

5.4 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

6 d/yr

Solar radiation

13.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.7 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

39.9 °C

7 July 2015

Coldest day

-24.5 °C

12 January 1945

Wettest day

91 mm

8 May 1985

Windiest day

46.5 km/h

1 January 1949

Strongest gust

100.8 km/h

28 February 2010

Hottest feels-like

42.0 °C

27 June 2019

Coldest feels-like

-29.3 °C

12 January 1945

Snowiest day

22.5 cm

7 January 1994

Sunniest day

15.0 h

26 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	39.5 °C12 August 2025	-7.4 °C15 January 2025	13.1 °C	1,008 mm	42	42
2024	36.8 °C12 August 2024	-5.9 °C20 January 2024	13.0 °C	1,122 mm	27	30
2023	39.7 °C24 August 2023	-5.5 °C11 February 2023	13.9 °C	1,081 mm	45	40
2022	38.3 °C19 July 2022	-6.8 °C14 January 2022	14.1 °C	940 mm	53	41
2021	33.3 °C16 June 2021	-7.4 °C14 February 2021	12.1 °C	1,249 mm	15	41
2020	39.4 °C31 July 2020	-5.0 °C22 January 2020	13.6 °C	904 mm	45	33
2019	39.4 °C24 July 2019	-4.9 °C19 January 2019	13.2 °C	1,008 mm	44	41
2018	37.7 °C5 August 2018	-11.5 °C28 February 2018	13.7 °C	1,025 mm	51	30
2017	36.7 °C22 June 2017	-10.7 °C20 January 2017	12.8 °C	860 mm	44	42
2016	35.8 °C26 August 2016	-4.7 °C31 December 2016	12.3 °C	1,089 mm	35	40
2015	39.9 °C7 July 2015	-5.5 °C2 January 2015	13.1 °C	925 mm	40	36
2014	35.6 °C9 June 2014	-5.4 °C29 December 2014	13.3 °C	1,016 mm	13	12
2013	36.0 °C27 July 2013	-6.2 °C10 December 2013	11.6 °C	1,218 mm	18	66
2012	37.4 °C19 August 2012	-13.9 °C5 February 2012	12.4 °C	1,124 mm	20	47
2011	37.0 °C22 August 2011	-6.3 °C24 January 2011	13.2 °C	813 mm	15	37
2010	36.0 °C14 July 2010	-11.3 °C11 January 2010	11.7 °C	862 mm	26	69
2009	37.9 °C19 August 2009	-12.1 °C20 December 2009	12.8 °C	871 mm	32	50
2008	32.4 °C31 July 2008	-5.0 °C27 January 2008	11.9 °C	1,114 mm	11	43
2007	31.7 °C19 June 2007	-7.7 °C19 December 2007	12.2 °C	1,085 mm	5	41
2006	36.8 °C21 July 2006	-6.4 °C12 February 2006	12.7 °C	926 mm	35	69
2005	36.7 °C28 July 2005	-16.0 °C30 December 2005	11.9 °C	934 mm	31	75
2004	35.4 °C22 July 2004	-11.7 °C30 January 2004	11.9 °C	944 mm	20	62
2003	39.5 °C12 August 2003	-12.5 °C13 January 2003	13.2 °C	759 mm	58	57
2002	32.8 °C18 June 2002	-6.8 °C1 January 2002	12.4 °C	1,078 mm	14	27
2001	32.9 °C26 August 2001	-11.1 °C15 December 2001	12.1 °C	1,154 mm	22	45
2000	34.2 °C20 August 2000	-8.0 °C26 January 2000	12.7 °C	1,029 mm	18	24
1999	33.8 °C4 July 1999	-6.3 °C14 February 1999	12.2 °C	1,293 mm	14	45
1998	37.4 °C11 August 1998	-9.2 °C23 November 1998	11.7 °C	921 mm	18	55
1997	33.7 °C24 August 1997	-8.2 °C14 January 1997	12.3 °C	791 mm	18	51
1996	32.1 °C1 August 1996	-10.2 °C30 December 1996	11.1 °C	1,035 mm	3	51
1995	35.2 °C21 July 1995	-8.5 °C5 January 1995	11.9 °C	1,196 mm	17	44
1994	35.2 °C9 August 1994	-5.1 °C19 January 1994	12.8 °C	1,168 mm	31	23
1993	33.2 °C21 August 1993	-12.2 °C4 January 1993	11.3 °C	1,079 mm	13	58
1992	34.2 °C7 August 1992	-8.3 °C23 January 1992	11.6 °C	1,136 mm	18	47
1991	33.2 °C6 August 1991	-11.9 °C7 February 1991	11.4 °C	908 mm	25	61
1990	34.7 °C3 August 1990	-11.3 °C17 December 1990	12.1 °C	1,021 mm	18	50
1989	35.2 °C21 July 1989	-7.0 °C28 November 1989	12.3 °C	676 mm	16	55
1988	32.5 °C14 August 1988	-7.4 °C3 March 1988	11.8 °C	1,136 mm	10	39
1987	32.2 °C21 August 1987	-14.5 °C12 January 1987	10.9 °C	1,150 mm	10	59
1986	34.9 °C3 August 1986	-12.3 °C10 February 1986	11.1 °C	1,103 mm	16	63
1985	33.2 °C25 July 1985	-20.8 °C7 January 1985	10.4 °C	993 mm	4	68
1984	33.6 °C11 July 1984	-6.8 °C17 February 1984	10.8 °C	1,029 mm	9	52
1983	38.5 °C26 July 1983	-8.8 °C4 December 1983	11.5 °C	1,199 mm	25	62
1982	32.2 °C9 July 1982	-4.6 °C27 February 1982	11.7 °C	1,184 mm	9	27
1981	32.4 °C5 August 1981	-10.2 °C9 January 1981	11.1 °C	1,319 mm	4	61
1980	31.0 °C2 August 1980	-13.7 °C9 December 1980	10.4 °C	1,068 mm	3	61
1979	33.5 °C29 July 1979	-14.4 °C17 January 1979	11.0 °C	1,148 mm	4	59
1978	31.6 °C29 July 1978	-9.9 °C12 February 1978	10.7 °C	1,047 mm	3	48
1977	28.6 °C24 July 1977	-4.8 °C1 December 1977	11.4 °C	1,270 mm	0	32
1976	36.0 °C16 July 1976	-13.8 °C29 January 1976	11.6 °C	811 mm	26	50
1975	33.1 °C7 August 1975	-6.5 °C21 December 1975	11.0 °C	1,129 mm	9	52
1974	35.2 °C16 August 1974	-5.4 °C1 March 1974	11.6 °C	1,111 mm	9	17
1973	32.3 °C19 August 1973	-12.7 °C3 December 1973	10.8 °C	897 mm	14	74
1972	31.9 °C12 August 1972	-10.9 °C31 January 1972	10.7 °C	998 mm	2	36
1971	34.4 °C18 August 1971	-18.7 °C4 January 1971	10.8 °C	910 mm	16	70
1970	33.4 °C6 August 1970	-11.3 °C17 February 1970	10.8 °C	1,292 mm	9	63
1969	31.7 °C24 July 1969	-10.7 °C10 December 1969	10.7 °C	999 mm	6	70
1968	34.5 °C10 July 1968	-14.8 °C13 January 1968	10.9 °C	1,157 mm	10	62
1967	34.7 °C18 July 1967	-18.1 °C11 January 1967	11.3 °C	1,034 mm	10	58
1966	32.0 °C13 August 1966	-15.5 °C18 January 1966	11.3 °C	1,156 mm	4	54
1965	32.4 °C25 June 1965	-9.7 °C4 March 1965	10.5 °C	1,306 mm	2	63
1964	36.1 °C18 July 1964	-12.8 °C30 December 1964	11.1 °C	729 mm	14	62
1963	31.5 °C22 July 1963	-22.0 °C23 January 1963	10.1 °C	1,076 mm	4	78
1962	37.4 °C14 August 1962	-12.2 °C27 December 1962	10.6 °C	864 mm	21	85
1961	33.9 °C25 June 1961	-7.7 °C21 December 1961	12.3 °C	809 mm	25	43
1960	32.3 °C19 June 1960	-9.7 °C26 December 1960	11.4 °C	1,083 mm	3	45
1959	32.8 °C11 July 1959	-9.1 °C5 January 1959	12.3 °C	862 mm	13	43
1958	33.7 °C1 August 1958	-11.9 °C23 January 1958	11.3 °C	1,196 mm	2	49
1957	32.6 °C5 July 1957	-14.8 °C20 January 1957	11.1 °C	770 mm	10	51
1956	30.0 °C9 August 1956	-20.0 °C15 February 1956	9.8 °C	946 mm	1	73
1955	35.7 °C18 July 1955	-8.5 °C15 February 1955	11.4 °C	952 mm	4	65
1954	30.8 °C6 August 1954	-13.1 °C2 February 1954	10.3 °C	1,064 mm	1	54
1953	30.4 °C12 August 1953	-14.4 °C17 January 1953	10.8 °C	682 mm	1	77
1952	36.4 °C6 July 1952	-13.5 °C22 January 1952	11.1 °C	966 mm	20	78
1951	29.9 °C31 July 1951	-7.5 °C4 January 1951	10.9 °C	1,092 mm	0	54
1950	36.2 °C4 July 1950	-13.1 °C31 December 1950	11.2 °C	937 mm	16	67
1949	33.3 °C13 July 1949	-8.6 °C6 March 1949	11.6 °C	757 mm	16	71
1948	29.4 °C28 July 1948	-15.7 °C24 February 1948	10.6 °C	1,135 mm	0	54
1947	35.0 °C4 August 1947	-13.2 °C28 January 1947	11.7 °C	872 mm	23	81
1946	33.6 °C5 August 1946	-11.1 °C20 December 1946	10.6 °C	835 mm	8	73
1945	34.2 °C22 July 1945	-24.5 °C12 January 1945	10.8 °C	722 mm	13	81
1944	34.5 °C23 August 1944	-15.9 °C21 February 1944	10.2 °C	902 mm	15	97
1943	34.0 °C19 August 1943	-13.9 °C5 January 1943	11.3 °C	713 mm	15	66
1942	32.0 °C28 August 1942	-15.9 °C21 February 1942	10.6 °C	687 mm	15	93
1941	34.0 °C25 July 1941	-20.9 °C13 January 1941	9.5 °C	868 mm	8	89
1940	29.7 °C5 August 1940	-19.3 °C25 December 1940	9.6 °C	848 mm	0	89

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

18.0 °C

+2.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

42 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

42 d/yr

-13

Annual rainfall

1008 mm

+6 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	7.8 °C	+2.3 °C	124 mm	+29 mm
Feb	9.4 °C	+1.7 °C	45 mm	-41 mm
Mar	13.8 °C	+1.8 °C	65 mm	-16 mm
Apr	18.6 °C	+3.1 °C	98 mm	+16 mm
May	21.2 °C	+1.7 °C	69 mm	-19 mm
Jun	29.5 °C	+6.1 °C	57 mm	-15 mm
Jul	28.1 °C	+2.0 °C	33 mm	-21 mm
Aug	29.7 °C	+4.0 °C	56 mm	-10 mm
Sep	21.3 °C	-0.5 °C	137 mm	+55 mm
Oct	15.9 °C	-0.4 °C	138 mm	+49 mm
Nov	11.4 °C	+1.5 °C	134 mm	+26 mm
Dec	8.4 °C	+2.1 °C	54 mm	-48 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.5 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest day

-7.4 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

43.1 mm

21 Sep 2025

Windiest day

33.8 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

73.4 km/h

6 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.4 °C

12 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-11.4 °C

15 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

1.8 cm

25 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

30 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Meximieux?

Meximieux has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,002 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Meximieux?

The hottest day measured in Meximieux between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 39.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Meximieux?

The coldest day measured in Meximieux between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1945, at -24.5 °C.

Does it snow in Meximieux?

Yes. Meximieux gets on average 33.8 cm of snow per year and has around 55 frost days.

Has the climate of Meximieux warmed?

Yes: Meximieux warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Meximieux?

The wettest day measured in Meximieux between 1940 and 2025 was 8 May 1985, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Meximieux?

The windiest day measured in Meximieux between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1949, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Meximieux?

The warmest month in Meximieux is July (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Meximieux?

Meximieux receives on average 1,002 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Meximieux?

Meximieux gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Meximieux?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Meximieux between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1994, with 22.5 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Meximieux?

Yes: Meximieux has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Meximieux?

In Meximieux, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -29.3 °C on 12 January 1945.

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