Port-La Nouvelle climate — normals and trends
Port-La Nouvelle (France) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 590 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Port-La Nouvelle averages 9 frost days, 31 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Port-La Nouvelle has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 15 to 3 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 23 August 2023) and the coldest -11.8 °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
Port-La NouvelleOccitanie
- coords
- 43.02°, 3.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.3°C
Average daily high
19.4°C
Average daily low
11.6°C
Annual rainfall
590mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
23.3km/h
Seasonal range
16.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
31 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.1 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
46.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
32 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
40.9 °C
23 August 2023
Coldest day
-11.8 °C
28 January 1947
Wettest day
125 mm
4 October 1987
Windiest day
65.9 km/h
24 January 2009
Strongest gust
133.2 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
43.9 °C
22 August 2023
Coldest feels-like
-18.9 °C
3 February 1956
Snowiest day
31.2 cm
8 March 2010
Sunniest day
14.6 h
17 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 16 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 14.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 44 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 73 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 24 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 23.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 59 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 31.7 °C | +5.7 °C | 17 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 34 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 31.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 30 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 44 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 22.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 12 mm | -68 mm |
| Nov | 15.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 44 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 13.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 174 mm | +117 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Port-La Nouvelle?
Port-La Nouvelle has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.3 °C and it receives 590 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Port-La Nouvelle?
The hottest day measured in Port-La Nouvelle between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 2023, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Port-La Nouvelle?
The coldest day measured in Port-La Nouvelle between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1947, at -11.8 °C.
Does it snow in Port-La Nouvelle?
Yes. Port-La Nouvelle gets on average 7.1 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Port-La Nouvelle warmed?
Yes: Port-La Nouvelle warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Port-La Nouvelle?
The wettest day measured in Port-La Nouvelle between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1987, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Port-La Nouvelle?
The windiest day measured in Port-La Nouvelle between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 2009, with winds reaching 65.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Port-La Nouvelle?
The warmest month in Port-La Nouvelle is July (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Port-La Nouvelle?
Port-La Nouvelle receives on average 590 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Port-La Nouvelle?
Port-La Nouvelle gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Port-La Nouvelle?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Port-La Nouvelle between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 2010, with 31.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Port-La Nouvelle?
Yes: Port-La Nouvelle has on average 32 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Port-La Nouvelle?
In Port-La Nouvelle, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 22 August 2023, and the lowest was -18.9 °C on 3 February 1956.
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