Morteau climate — normals and trends
Morteau (France) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 1,688 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Morteau averages 95 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 188 rainy days per year.
Morteau has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 24 July 2019) and the coldest -23.2 °C (on 10 February 1956).
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
MorteauBourgogne
- coords
- 47.06°, 6.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,688mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
188 d/yr
Annual snowfall
205.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 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
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
34.2 °C
24 July 2019
Coldest day
-23.2 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
105 mm
10 June 1953
Windiest day
48.3 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
139.0 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
26 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-30.8 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
28.4 cm
4 March 2006
Sunniest day
15.0 h
19 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 165 mm | +38 mm |
| Feb | 5.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 89 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 77 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 110 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 139 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +5.1 °C | 170 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 189 mm | +36 mm |
| Aug | 23.5 °C | +2.9 °C | 184 mm | +17 mm |
| Sep | 17.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 209 mm | +76 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 184 mm | +65 mm |
| Nov | 7.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 181 mm | +44 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 45 mm | -90 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Morteau?
Morteau has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 1,688 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Morteau?
The hottest day measured in Morteau between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2019, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Morteau?
The coldest day measured in Morteau between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -23.2 °C.
Does it snow in Morteau?
Yes. Morteau gets on average 205.1 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Morteau warmed?
Yes: Morteau warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Morteau?
The wettest day measured in Morteau between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1953, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Morteau?
The windiest day measured in Morteau between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 48.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Morteau?
The warmest month in Morteau is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Morteau?
Morteau receives on average 1,688 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 188 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Morteau?
Morteau gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Morteau?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Morteau between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with 28.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Morteau?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Morteau.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Morteau?
In Morteau, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 26 June 2019, and the lowest was -30.8 °C on 10 February 1956.
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