Salies-de-Béarn climate — normals and trends
Salies-de-Béarn (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 1,041 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Salies-de-Béarn averages 19 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Salies-de-Béarn has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 26 to 12 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 4 August 2003) and the coldest -14.5 °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
Salies-de-BéarnNew Aquitaine
- coords
- 43.47°, -0.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.7°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
9.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,041mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
14.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.1 cm
Average feels-like high
17.7 °C
Average feels-like low
8.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
4 August 2003
Coldest day
-14.5 °C
9 January 1985
Wettest day
68 mm
10 June 1957
Windiest day
54.7 km/h
27 December 1999
Strongest gust
130.3 km/h
24 January 2009
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
18 June 2022
Coldest feels-like
-19.4 °C
9 January 1985
Snowiest day
6.2 cm
24 February 1947
Sunniest day
14.7 h
18 June 2025
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 | 13.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 125 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | 15.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 52 mm | -41 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 81 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 19.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 95 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 61 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 27.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 61 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 26.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 55 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 29.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 74 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 24.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 53 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 22.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 38 mm | -52 mm |
| Nov | 16.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 134 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | 13.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 70 mm | -44 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salies-de-Béarn?
Salies-de-Béarn has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.7 °C and it receives 1,041 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salies-de-Béarn?
The hottest day measured in Salies-de-Béarn between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2003, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salies-de-Béarn?
The coldest day measured in Salies-de-Béarn between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1985, at -14.5 °C.
Does it snow in Salies-de-Béarn?
Yes. Salies-de-Béarn gets on average 3.1 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Salies-de-Béarn warmed?
Yes: Salies-de-Béarn warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salies-de-Béarn?
The wettest day measured in Salies-de-Béarn between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1957, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salies-de-Béarn?
The windiest day measured in Salies-de-Béarn between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 54.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salies-de-Béarn?
The warmest month in Salies-de-Béarn is August (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Salies-de-Béarn?
Salies-de-Béarn receives on average 1,041 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salies-de-Béarn?
Salies-de-Béarn gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Salies-de-Béarn?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salies-de-Béarn between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1947, with 6.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Salies-de-Béarn?
Yes: Salies-de-Béarn has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salies-de-Béarn?
In Salies-de-Béarn, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 18 June 2022, and the lowest was -19.4 °C on 9 January 1985.
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