Saint-Claude climate — normals and trends
Saint-Claude (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 1,663 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Saint-Claude averages 80 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.
Saint-Claude has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 100 to 60 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -24.4 °C (on 14 February 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
Saint-ClaudeBourgogne
- coords
- 46.39°, 5.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,663mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
80 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
174 d/yr
Annual snowfall
168.6 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
36.7 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-24.4 °C
14 February 1940
Wettest day
93 mm
14 February 1990
Windiest day
42.8 km/h
25 April 1972
Strongest gust
122.4 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-28.8 °C
14 February 1940
Snowiest day
28.4 cm
9 February 1999
Sunniest day
15.0 h
5 July 2022
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 | 5.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 181 mm | +32 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 82 mm | -54 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 88 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 132 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 17.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 129 mm | -23 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 127 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 131 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 123 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 18.4 °C | -0.2 °C | 184 mm | +56 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | -0.3 °C | 241 mm | +113 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 191 mm | +33 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 63 mm | -100 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saint-Claude?
Saint-Claude has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 1,663 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saint-Claude?
The hottest day measured in Saint-Claude between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saint-Claude?
The coldest day measured in Saint-Claude between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1940, at -24.4 °C.
Does it snow in Saint-Claude?
Yes. Saint-Claude gets on average 168.6 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.
Has the climate of Saint-Claude warmed?
Yes: Saint-Claude warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saint-Claude?
The wettest day measured in Saint-Claude between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1990, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saint-Claude?
The windiest day measured in Saint-Claude between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1972, with winds reaching 42.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saint-Claude?
The warmest month in Saint-Claude is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Saint-Claude?
Saint-Claude receives on average 1,663 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saint-Claude?
Saint-Claude gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saint-Claude?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saint-Claude between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1999, with 28.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saint-Claude?
Yes: Saint-Claude 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-Claude?
In Saint-Claude, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -28.8 °C on 14 February 1940.
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