Vif climate — normals and trends
Vif (France) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 1,421 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 (15.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Vif averages 142 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.
Vif has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 164 to 120 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.0 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -28.5 °C (on 5 January 1995).
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
VifRhône-Alpes
- coords
- 45.06°, 5.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
10.7°C
Average daily low
1.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,421mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
8.9km/h
Seasonal range
18.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
142 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
160 d/yr
Annual snowfall
295.5 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.7 °C
Average peak gust
41.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
32.0 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
5 January 1995
Wettest day
68 mm
7 August 1978
Windiest day
22.3 km/h
14 March 2013
Strongest gust
143.6 km/h
8 November 1982
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
26 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-33.1 °C
5 January 1995
Snowiest day
31.3 cm
21 March 1971
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 May 1940
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 | 4.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 200 mm | +83 mm |
| Feb | 6.7 °C | +4.3 °C | 44 mm | -67 mm |
| Mar | 8.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 102 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 164 mm | +47 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 166 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +6.0 °C | 86 mm | -41 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 70 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 99 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 17.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 129 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 12.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 174 mm | +58 mm |
| Nov | 7.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 158 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 6.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 40 mm | -90 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vif?
Vif has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 1,421 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vif?
The hottest day measured in Vif between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 32.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vif?
The coldest day measured in Vif between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1995, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Vif?
Yes. Vif gets on average 295.5 cm of snow per year and has around 142 frost days.
Has the climate of Vif warmed?
Yes: Vif warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vif?
The wettest day measured in Vif between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1978, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vif?
The windiest day measured in Vif between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2013, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vif?
The warmest month in Vif is July (15.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Vif?
Vif receives on average 1,421 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vif?
Vif gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vif?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vif between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1971, with 31.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vif?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vif.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vif?
In Vif, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 26 June 2019, and the lowest was -33.1 °C on 5 January 1995.
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