Saint-Avold climate — normals and trends
Saint-Avold (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 872 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 (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Saint-Avold averages 61 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Saint-Avold has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 75 to 47 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -19.8 °C (on 20 December 2009).
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
Saint-AvoldGrand Est
- coords
- 49.10°, 6.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
872mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
17.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
61 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
32.1 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
36.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
38.9 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-19.8 °C
20 December 2009
Wettest day
58 mm
28 December 1947
Windiest day
68.3 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
135.4 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
6 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-26.1 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
13.8 cm
7 January 1968
Sunniest day
15.1 h
1 July 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 | 5.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 116 mm | +40 mm |
| Feb | 6.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 43 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 26 mm | -45 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 54 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 41 mm | -37 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +4.8 °C | 66 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 91 mm | +25 mm |
| Aug | 26.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 59 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 19.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 166 mm | +98 mm |
| Oct | 14.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 93 mm | +23 mm |
| Nov | 9.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 62 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 33 mm | -54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saint-Avold?
Saint-Avold has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 872 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saint-Avold?
The hottest day measured in Saint-Avold between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saint-Avold?
The coldest day measured in Saint-Avold between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 2009, at -19.8 °C.
Does it snow in Saint-Avold?
Yes. Saint-Avold gets on average 32.1 cm of snow per year and has around 61 frost days.
Has the climate of Saint-Avold warmed?
Yes: Saint-Avold warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saint-Avold?
The wettest day measured in Saint-Avold between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1947, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saint-Avold?
The windiest day measured in Saint-Avold between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 68.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saint-Avold?
The warmest month in Saint-Avold is July (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Saint-Avold?
Saint-Avold receives on average 872 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saint-Avold?
Saint-Avold gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saint-Avold?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saint-Avold between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1968, with 13.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saint-Avold?
Yes: Saint-Avold has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saint-Avold?
In Saint-Avold, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 6 July 1952, and the lowest was -26.1 °C on 10 February 1956.
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