Saint-Mihiel climate — normals and trends
Saint-Mihiel (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 859 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 (18.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Saint-Mihiel averages 58 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Saint-Mihiel has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 71 to 45 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -19.2 °C (on 13 January 1968).
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-MihielGrand Est
- coords
- 48.89°, 5.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
13.4°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
859mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
18.3km/h
Seasonal range
16.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
58 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
31.1 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 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
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
39.8 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-19.2 °C
13 January 1968
Wettest day
56 mm
18 June 1966
Windiest day
64.6 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
140.8 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
24 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-25.2 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
11.6 cm
19 December 1967
Sunniest day
15.3 h
30 June 2015
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 | 5.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 120 mm | +45 mm |
| Feb | 6.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 45 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 19 mm | -49 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 56 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 28 mm | -51 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +4.8 °C | 56 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 97 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 25.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 54 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 161 mm | +94 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 101 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 10.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 64 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 38 mm | -45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saint-Mihiel?
Saint-Mihiel has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 859 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saint-Mihiel?
The hottest day measured in Saint-Mihiel between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saint-Mihiel?
The coldest day measured in Saint-Mihiel between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1968, at -19.2 °C.
Does it snow in Saint-Mihiel?
Yes. Saint-Mihiel gets on average 31.1 cm of snow per year and has around 58 frost days.
Has the climate of Saint-Mihiel warmed?
Yes: Saint-Mihiel warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saint-Mihiel?
The wettest day measured in Saint-Mihiel between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1966, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saint-Mihiel?
The windiest day measured in Saint-Mihiel between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 64.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saint-Mihiel?
The warmest month in Saint-Mihiel is July (18.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Saint-Mihiel?
Saint-Mihiel receives on average 859 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saint-Mihiel?
Saint-Mihiel gets on average 7.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,811 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saint-Mihiel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saint-Mihiel between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1967, with 11.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saint-Mihiel?
Yes: Saint-Mihiel 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-Mihiel?
In Saint-Mihiel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 24 July 2019, and the lowest was -25.2 °C on 10 February 1956.
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