Ussel climate — normals and trends
Ussel (France) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 1,068 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 (17.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Ussel averages 62 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.
Ussel has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 74 to 50 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 12 August 2003) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 16 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
UsselNew Aquitaine
- coords
- 45.55°, 2.31°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,068mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
15.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
62 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
153 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.2 cm
Average feels-like high
11.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
36.9 °C
12 August 2003
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
16 January 1985
Wettest day
71 mm
24 October 1943
Windiest day
57.6 km/h
27 December 1999
Strongest gust
144.7 km/h
27 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
38.9 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-31.9 °C
16 January 1985
Snowiest day
24.3 cm
24 February 1980
Sunniest day
15.2 h
24 June 2015
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | +3.3 °C | 123 mm | +30 mm |
| Feb | 10.6 °C | +4.0 °C | 47 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 78 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 108 mm | +12 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 60 mm | -45 mm |
| Jun | 25.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 63 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 23.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 47 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 83 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 122 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 16.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 149 mm | +59 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 132 mm | +36 mm |
| Dec | 9.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 65 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ussel?
Ussel has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 1,068 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ussel?
The hottest day measured in Ussel between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2003, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ussel?
The coldest day measured in Ussel between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1985, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ussel?
Yes. Ussel gets on average 57.2 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.
Has the climate of Ussel warmed?
Yes: Ussel warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ussel?
The wettest day measured in Ussel between 1940 and 2025 was 24 October 1943, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ussel?
The windiest day measured in Ussel between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1999, with winds reaching 57.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ussel?
The warmest month in Ussel is July (17.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ussel?
Ussel receives on average 1,068 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ussel?
Ussel 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 Ussel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ussel between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1980, with 24.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ussel?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ussel.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ussel?
In Ussel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -31.9 °C on 16 January 1985.
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