Rives climate — normals and trends
Rives (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 1,282 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 (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Rives averages 83 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Rives has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 111 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -25.3 °C (on 7 January 1985).
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
RivesRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.35°, 5.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,282mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
9.9km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
108.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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
36.8 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
84 mm
18 September 1973
Windiest day
28.6 km/h
25 October 2010
Strongest gust
113.8 km/h
28 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
28.5 cm
9 December 1990
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 1940
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 | 7.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 166 mm | +66 mm |
| Feb | 9.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 44 mm | -54 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 93 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 17.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 152 mm | +42 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 133 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +6.1 °C | 71 mm | -39 mm |
| Jul | 25.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 69 mm | -21 mm |
| Aug | 27.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 68 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 146 mm | +47 mm |
| Oct | 15.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 146 mm | +41 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 148 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 39 mm | -74 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rives?
Rives has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 1,282 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rives?
The hottest day measured in Rives between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rives?
The coldest day measured in Rives between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Rives?
Yes. Rives gets on average 108.9 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Rives warmed?
Yes: Rives warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rives?
The wettest day measured in Rives between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1973, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rives?
The windiest day measured in Rives between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2010, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rives?
The warmest month in Rives is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Rives?
Rives receives on average 1,282 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rives?
Rives gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rives?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rives between 1940 and 2025 was 9 December 1990, with 28.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rives?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rives.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rives?
In Rives, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 7 January 1985.
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