Morlaix climate — normals and trends
Morlaix (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 846 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 (16.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Morlaix averages 16 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Morlaix has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 22 to 10 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -10.4 °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
MorlaixBrittany Region
- coords
- 48.58°, -3.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
8.0°C
Annual rainfall
846mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
83%
Average peak wind
21.3km/h
Seasonal range
10.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
16 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.6 °C
Average feels-like low
5.2 °C
Average peak gust
43.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
38.5 °C
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-10.4 °C
20 January 1963
Wettest day
50 mm
16 April 1959
Windiest day
71.4 km/h
16 October 1987
Strongest gust
132.1 km/h
16 October 1987
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
9 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-16.5 °C
13 January 1987
Snowiest day
10.8 cm
4 January 1979
Sunniest day
15.5 h
17 June 1996
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 171 mm | +88 mm |
| Feb | 9.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 60 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 37 mm | -34 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.5 °C | 87 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 60 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 21.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 46 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 46 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 53 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 17.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 79 mm | +19 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 66 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 12.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 88 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 10.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 100 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Morlaix?
Morlaix has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 846 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Morlaix?
The hottest day measured in Morlaix between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 38.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Morlaix?
The coldest day measured in Morlaix between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1963, at -10.4 °C.
Does it snow in Morlaix?
Yes. Morlaix gets on average 5.8 cm of snow per year and has around 16 frost days.
Has the climate of Morlaix warmed?
Yes: Morlaix warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Morlaix?
The wettest day measured in Morlaix between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1959, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Morlaix?
The windiest day measured in Morlaix between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1987, with winds reaching 71.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Morlaix?
The warmest month in Morlaix is July (16.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Morlaix?
Morlaix receives on average 846 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Morlaix?
Morlaix gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Morlaix?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Morlaix between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1979, with 10.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Morlaix?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Morlaix.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Morlaix?
In Morlaix, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 9 August 2003, and the lowest was -16.5 °C on 13 January 1987.
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