Sainte-Adresse climate — normals and trends
Sainte-Adresse (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 920 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 August (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Sainte-Adresse averages 11 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.
Sainte-Adresse has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 18 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.2 °C (on 10 August 2003) and the coldest -11.8 °C (on 8 January 1985).
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
Sainte-AdresseNormandy
- coords
- 49.51°, 0.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
920mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
26.0km/h
Seasonal range
11.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
11 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
158 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
5.9 °C
Average peak gust
39.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
34.2 °C
10 August 2003
Coldest day
-11.8 °C
8 January 1985
Wettest day
50 mm
11 June 1993
Windiest day
71.8 km/h
9 October 1964
Strongest gust
119.9 km/h
24 December 2013
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
10 August 2003
Coldest feels-like
-18.2 °C
17 January 1985
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
11 March 2013
Sunniest day
16.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 183 mm | +95 mm |
| Feb | 8.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 55 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 24 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 25 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 47 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 20.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 56 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 20.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 101 mm | +42 mm |
| Aug | 21.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 41 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 18.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 76 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 134 mm | +37 mm |
| Nov | 12.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 134 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 9.6 °C | +1.3 °C | 67 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sainte-Adresse?
Sainte-Adresse has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 920 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sainte-Adresse?
The hottest day measured in Sainte-Adresse between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 2003, reaching 34.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sainte-Adresse?
The coldest day measured in Sainte-Adresse between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1985, at -11.8 °C.
Does it snow in Sainte-Adresse?
Yes. Sainte-Adresse gets on average 8.3 cm of snow per year and has around 11 frost days.
Has the climate of Sainte-Adresse warmed?
Yes: Sainte-Adresse warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sainte-Adresse?
The wettest day measured in Sainte-Adresse between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 1993, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sainte-Adresse?
The windiest day measured in Sainte-Adresse between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 1964, with winds reaching 71.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sainte-Adresse?
The warmest month in Sainte-Adresse is August (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sainte-Adresse?
Sainte-Adresse receives on average 920 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sainte-Adresse?
Sainte-Adresse gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sainte-Adresse?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sainte-Adresse between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2013, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sainte-Adresse?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sainte-Adresse.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sainte-Adresse?
In Sainte-Adresse, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 10 August 2003, and the lowest was -18.2 °C on 17 January 1985.
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