Saint-Benoît climate — normals and trends
Saint-Benoît (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 716 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Saint-Benoît averages 37 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Saint-Benoît has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 46 to 28 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 18 July 2022) and the coldest -17.8 °C (on 21 January 1942).
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-BenoîtNew Aquitaine
- coords
- 46.55°, 0.34°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
716mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
15.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
37 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
36.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
40.0 °C
18 July 2022
Coldest day
-17.8 °C
21 January 1942
Wettest day
54 mm
9 August 1992
Windiest day
56.9 km/h
13 February 1972
Strongest gust
123.1 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
42.5 °C
29 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-22.8 °C
21 January 1942
Snowiest day
11.1 cm
10 December 1960
Sunniest day
15.6 h
19 June 2025
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 | 8.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 129 mm | +66 mm |
| Feb | 10.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 63 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 51 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 66 mm | +5 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 35 mm | -39 mm |
| Jun | 28.3 °C | +5.9 °C | 11 mm | -45 mm |
| Jul | 26.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 34 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 52 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 64 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 17.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 65 mm | -0 mm |
| Nov | 13.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 78 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 9.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 45 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saint-Benoît?
Saint-Benoît has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 716 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saint-Benoît?
The hottest day measured in Saint-Benoît between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2022, reaching 40.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saint-Benoît?
The coldest day measured in Saint-Benoît between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1942, at -17.8 °C.
Does it snow in Saint-Benoît?
Yes. Saint-Benoît gets on average 7.4 cm of snow per year and has around 37 frost days.
Has the climate of Saint-Benoît warmed?
Yes: Saint-Benoît warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saint-Benoît?
The wettest day measured in Saint-Benoît between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 1992, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saint-Benoît?
The windiest day measured in Saint-Benoît between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1972, with winds reaching 56.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saint-Benoît?
The warmest month in Saint-Benoît is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Saint-Benoît?
Saint-Benoît receives on average 716 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saint-Benoît?
Saint-Benoît gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saint-Benoît?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saint-Benoît between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1960, with 11.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saint-Benoît?
Yes: Saint-Benoît has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saint-Benoît?
In Saint-Benoît, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 29 July 2024, and the lowest was -22.8 °C on 21 January 1942.
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