Saint-Dié climate — normals and trends
Saint-Dié (France) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 1,193 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Saint-Dié averages 80 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 174 rainy days per year.
Saint-Dié has warmed by +2.0 °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 96 to 64 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 5 July 2015) and the coldest -23.7 °C (on 12 January 1987).
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-DiéGrand Est
- coords
- 48.28°, 6.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,193mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
17.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
80 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
174 d/yr
Annual snowfall
96.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
36.6 °C
5 July 2015
Coldest day
-23.7 °C
12 January 1987
Wettest day
72 mm
5 August 1960
Windiest day
61.4 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
148.7 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
2 July 1952
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
23.3 cm
6 February 1958
Sunniest day
15.0 h
9 July 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 | 5.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 132 mm | +32 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 70 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 46 mm | -46 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 80 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 50 mm | -66 mm |
| Jun | 24.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 112 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 22.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 132 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 137 mm | +31 mm |
| Sep | 17.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 161 mm | +72 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 118 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 9.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 83 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +3.3 °C | 34 mm | -73 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saint-Dié?
Saint-Dié has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 1,193 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saint-Dié?
The hottest day measured in Saint-Dié between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2015, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saint-Dié?
The coldest day measured in Saint-Dié between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1987, at -23.7 °C.
Does it snow in Saint-Dié?
Yes. Saint-Dié gets on average 96.6 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.
Has the climate of Saint-Dié warmed?
Yes: Saint-Dié warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saint-Dié?
The wettest day measured in Saint-Dié between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1960, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saint-Dié?
The windiest day measured in Saint-Dié between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 61.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saint-Dié?
The warmest month in Saint-Dié is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Saint-Dié?
Saint-Dié receives on average 1,193 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 174 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saint-Dié?
Saint-Dié gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saint-Dié?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saint-Dié between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1958, with 23.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saint-Dié?
Yes: Saint-Dié 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-Dié?
In Saint-Dié, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 2 July 1952, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 10 February 1956.
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