Prades climate — normals and trends
Prades (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 953 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 (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Prades averages 66 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Prades 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 86 to 46 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 18 July 2023) and the coldest -20.9 °C (on 27 December 1940).
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
PradesOccitanie
- coords
- 42.62°, 2.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
953mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
16.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
66 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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
36.1 °C
18 July 2023
Coldest day
-20.9 °C
27 December 1940
Wettest day
158 mm
13 September 1963
Windiest day
35.2 km/h
27 February 1958
Strongest gust
139.3 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
18 July 2023
Coldest feels-like
-26.1 °C
25 December 1940
Snowiest day
51.2 cm
24 February 1944
Sunniest day
14.5 h
14 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 22 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 11.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 48 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 158 mm | +85 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 75 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 109 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 69 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 25.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 111 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 73 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 93 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 18.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 48 mm | -39 mm |
| Nov | 12.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 39 mm | -33 mm |
| Dec | 10.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 226 mm | +160 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Prades?
Prades has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 953 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prades?
The hottest day measured in Prades between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2023, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Prades?
The coldest day measured in Prades between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1940, at -20.9 °C.
Does it snow in Prades?
Yes. Prades gets on average 49.4 cm of snow per year and has around 66 frost days.
Has the climate of Prades warmed?
Yes: Prades warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Prades?
The wettest day measured in Prades between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1963, with 158 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Prades?
The windiest day measured in Prades between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1958, with winds reaching 35.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Prades?
The warmest month in Prades is July (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Prades?
Prades receives on average 953 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Prades?
Prades 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 Prades?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Prades between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1944, with 51.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Prades?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Prades.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Prades?
In Prades, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 18 July 2023, and the lowest was -26.1 °C on 25 December 1940.
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