Raon-l'Étape climate — normals and trends
Raon-l'Étape (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 943 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Raon-l'Étape averages 62 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Raon-l'Étape 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 77 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -20.7 °C (on 17 January 1966).
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
Raon-l'ÉtapeGrand Est
- coords
- 48.40°, 6.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
943mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
17.1km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
62 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.6 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
35.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-20.7 °C
17 January 1966
Wettest day
71 mm
29 October 1998
Windiest day
67.9 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
136.8 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
2 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
6 February 1958
Sunniest day
15.1 h
28 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 120 mm | +27 mm |
| Feb | 7.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 52 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 32 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 63 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 49 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +4.7 °C | 69 mm | -7 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 77 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 75 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 146 mm | +79 mm |
| Oct | 14.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 94 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 10.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 71 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 7.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 34 mm | -68 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Raon-l'Étape?
Raon-l'Étape has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 943 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Raon-l'Étape?
The hottest day measured in Raon-l'Étape between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 38.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Raon-l'Étape?
The coldest day measured in Raon-l'Étape between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1966, at -20.7 °C.
Does it snow in Raon-l'Étape?
Yes. Raon-l'Étape gets on average 51.6 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.
Has the climate of Raon-l'Étape warmed?
Yes: Raon-l'Étape warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Raon-l'Étape?
The wettest day measured in Raon-l'Étape between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1998, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Raon-l'Étape?
The windiest day measured in Raon-l'Étape between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 67.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Raon-l'Étape?
The warmest month in Raon-l'Étape is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Raon-l'Étape?
Raon-l'Étape receives on average 943 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Raon-l'Étape?
Raon-l'Étape gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Raon-l'Étape?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Raon-l'Étape between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1958, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Raon-l'Étape?
Yes: Raon-l'Étape has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Raon-l'Étape?
In Raon-l'Étape, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 2 July 1952, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 10 February 1956.
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