Sainte-Menehould climate — normals and trends
Sainte-Menehould (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 906 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 (18.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Sainte-Menehould averages 54 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Sainte-Menehould has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 67 to 41 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -20.3 °C (on 9 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-MenehouldGrand Est
- coords
- 49.09°, 4.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
906mm
Sunshine / day
7.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
16.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
54 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
36.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
41.1 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-20.3 °C
9 January 1985
Wettest day
66 mm
3 June 1981
Windiest day
67.7 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
140.4 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
24 July 2019
Coldest feels-like
-25.3 °C
9 January 1985
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
2 December 1997
Sunniest day
15.4 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 | 6.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 133 mm | +48 mm |
| Feb | 7.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 43 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 16 mm | -56 mm |
| Apr | 17.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 44 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 35 mm | -42 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +5.2 °C | 66 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 116 mm | +50 mm |
| Aug | 25.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 51 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 149 mm | +81 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 101 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 74 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 8.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 49 mm | -47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sainte-Menehould?
Sainte-Menehould has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 906 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sainte-Menehould?
The hottest day measured in Sainte-Menehould between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sainte-Menehould?
The coldest day measured in Sainte-Menehould between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1985, at -20.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sainte-Menehould?
Yes. Sainte-Menehould gets on average 26.0 cm of snow per year and has around 54 frost days.
Has the climate of Sainte-Menehould warmed?
Yes: Sainte-Menehould warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sainte-Menehould?
The wettest day measured in Sainte-Menehould between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 1981, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sainte-Menehould?
The windiest day measured in Sainte-Menehould between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 67.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sainte-Menehould?
The warmest month in Sainte-Menehould is July (18.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Sainte-Menehould?
Sainte-Menehould receives on average 906 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sainte-Menehould?
Sainte-Menehould 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 Sainte-Menehould?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sainte-Menehould between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1997, with 12.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sainte-Menehould?
Yes: Sainte-Menehould has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sainte-Menehould?
In Sainte-Menehould, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 24 July 2019, and the lowest was -25.3 °C on 9 January 1985.
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