Sorbiers climate — normals and trends
Sorbiers (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 942 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Sorbiers averages 71 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Sorbiers has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 89 to 53 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -22.6 °C (on 5 February 1963).
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
SorbiersRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.49°, 4.44°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
942mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
71 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.7 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
37.3 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-22.6 °C
5 February 1963
Wettest day
86 mm
2 September 1956
Windiest day
44.8 km/h
25 April 2019
Strongest gust
124.9 km/h
20 December 2019
Hottest feels-like
39.3 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-26.9 °C
5 February 1963
Snowiest day
35.8 cm
27 November 1982
Sunniest day
15.0 h
2 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 82 mm | +20 mm |
| Feb | 8.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 56 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 106 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 86 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 78 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 91 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 25.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 48 mm | -26 mm |
| Aug | 27.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 59 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 136 mm | +48 mm |
| Oct | 15.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 60 mm | -28 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 111 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | 8.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 63 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sorbiers?
Sorbiers has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 942 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sorbiers?
The hottest day measured in Sorbiers between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sorbiers?
The coldest day measured in Sorbiers between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1963, at -22.6 °C.
Does it snow in Sorbiers?
Yes. Sorbiers gets on average 49.7 cm of snow per year and has around 71 frost days.
Has the climate of Sorbiers warmed?
Yes: Sorbiers warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sorbiers?
The wettest day measured in Sorbiers between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1956, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sorbiers?
The windiest day measured in Sorbiers between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 2019, with winds reaching 44.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sorbiers?
The warmest month in Sorbiers is July (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Sorbiers?
Sorbiers receives on average 942 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sorbiers?
Sorbiers gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sorbiers?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sorbiers between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1982, with 35.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sorbiers?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sorbiers.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sorbiers?
In Sorbiers, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -26.9 °C on 5 February 1963.
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