Le Locle climate — normals and trends
Le Locle (Switzerland) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 1,455 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 (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Le Locle averages 96 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 180 rainy days per year.
Le Locle has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 7 July 2015) and the coldest -23.3 °C (on 10 February 1956).
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
Le LocleCanton of Neuchâtel
- coords
- 47.06°, 6.75°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
11.7°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,455mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
17.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
180 d/yr
Annual snowfall
179.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
34.4 °C
7 July 2015
Coldest day
-23.3 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
102 mm
10 June 1953
Windiest day
45.2 km/h
26 December 1999
Strongest gust
139.3 km/h
26 December 1999
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
27 June 2019
Coldest feels-like
-30.7 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
28.6 cm
4 March 2006
Sunniest day
15.0 h
19 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 149 mm | +40 mm |
| Feb | 5.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 72 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 10.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 60 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 92 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 16.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 135 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +5.0 °C | 153 mm | +7 mm |
| Jul | 21.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 194 mm | +56 mm |
| Aug | 23.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 164 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 17.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 188 mm | +73 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 168 mm | +64 mm |
| Nov | 7.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 157 mm | +41 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +2.3 °C | 32 mm | -83 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Le Locle?
Le Locle has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 1,455 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Le Locle?
The hottest day measured in Le Locle between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2015, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Le Locle?
The coldest day measured in Le Locle between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -23.3 °C.
Does it snow in Le Locle?
Yes. Le Locle gets on average 179.7 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Le Locle warmed?
Yes: Le Locle warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Le Locle?
The wettest day measured in Le Locle between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1953, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Le Locle?
The windiest day measured in Le Locle between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1999, with winds reaching 45.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Le Locle?
The warmest month in Le Locle is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Le Locle?
Le Locle receives on average 1,455 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 180 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Le Locle?
Le Locle 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 Le Locle?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Le Locle between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2006, with 28.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Le Locle?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Le Locle.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Le Locle?
In Le Locle, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 27 June 2019, and the lowest was -30.7 °C on 10 February 1956.
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