Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise climate — normals and trends
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 736 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise averages 40 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 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 57 to 23 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 19 July 2022) and the coldest -20.0 °C (on 6 January 1979).
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-Pol-sur-TernoiseHauts-de-France
- coords
- 50.38°, 2.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.1°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
7.0°C
Annual rainfall
736mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
13.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
40 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
40.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
37.5 °C
19 July 2022
Coldest day
-20.0 °C
6 January 1979
Wettest day
49 mm
6 July 1968
Windiest day
63.8 km/h
25 January 1990
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
25 January 1990
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-24.5 °C
6 January 1979
Snowiest day
12.5 cm
20 February 1957
Sunniest day
16.0 h
18 June 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 | 5.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 140 mm | +77 mm |
| Feb | 6.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 43 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 14 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 21 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 40 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 22.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 59 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 63 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 28 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 56 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 14.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 82 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 67 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 50 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.1 °C and it receives 736 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
The hottest day measured in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2022, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
The coldest day measured in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1979, at -20.0 °C.
Does it snow in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
Yes. Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise gets on average 15.2 cm of snow per year and has around 40 frost days.
Has the climate of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise warmed?
Yes: Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
The wettest day measured in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1968, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
The windiest day measured in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1990, with winds reaching 63.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
The warmest month in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise receives on average 736 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1957, with 12.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise?
In Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -24.5 °C on 6 January 1979.
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