Sainte-Sigolène climate — normals and trends
Sainte-Sigolène (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 948 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 (17.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Sainte-Sigolène averages 78 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Sainte-Sigolène has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 97 to 59 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 27 June 2019) and the coldest -23.1 °C (on 7 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-SigolèneRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.24°, 4.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.1°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
5.3°C
Annual rainfall
948mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
78 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
77.3 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
38.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
35.9 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest day
-23.1 °C
7 January 1985
Wettest day
88 mm
23 September 1993
Windiest day
46.6 km/h
7 November 1982
Strongest gust
124.2 km/h
8 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-28.3 °C
7 January 1985
Snowiest day
34.0 cm
27 November 1982
Sunniest day
15.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 79 mm | +18 mm |
| Feb | 8.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 71 mm | +11 mm |
| Mar | 9.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 115 mm | +47 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 87 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 86 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 77 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 24.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 48 mm | -25 mm |
| Aug | 26.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 66 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 18.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 128 mm | +40 mm |
| Oct | 14.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 62 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 9.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 95 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 7.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 67 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sainte-Sigolène?
Sainte-Sigolène has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.1 °C and it receives 948 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sainte-Sigolène?
The hottest day measured in Sainte-Sigolène between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2019, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sainte-Sigolène?
The coldest day measured in Sainte-Sigolène between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1985, at -23.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sainte-Sigolène?
Yes. Sainte-Sigolène gets on average 77.3 cm of snow per year and has around 78 frost days.
Has the climate of Sainte-Sigolène warmed?
Yes: Sainte-Sigolène warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sainte-Sigolène?
The wettest day measured in Sainte-Sigolène between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1993, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sainte-Sigolène?
The windiest day measured in Sainte-Sigolène between 1940 and 2025 was 7 November 1982, with winds reaching 46.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sainte-Sigolène?
The warmest month in Sainte-Sigolène is July (17.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Sainte-Sigolène?
Sainte-Sigolène receives on average 948 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sainte-Sigolène?
Sainte-Sigolène gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sainte-Sigolène?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sainte-Sigolène between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1982, with 34.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sainte-Sigolène?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sainte-Sigolène.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sainte-Sigolène?
In Sainte-Sigolène, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -28.3 °C on 7 January 1985.
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