Weather in Normandy

Calculated from weather data of Caen-Carpiquet Airport (LFRK) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.3	8.4	9.0	8.1	7.2	9.6
February	10.2	11.8	10.0	10.9	9.4	11.1
March	12.3	13.1	12.4	13.8	12.1	11.3
April	14.6		13.8	14.0	12.0	17.5
May	17.6		17.1	19.1	16.0	18.1
June	21.5		22.8	21.8	21.0	20.6
July	23.6		22.5	25.5	21.8	22.8
August	23.2		22.3	25.1	21.0	24.6
September	20.9		23.8	20.1	21.8	21.3
October	17.1		19.0	18.6	16.6	15.1
November	11.9		12.0	13.4	11.0	13.3
December	9.4		10.9	5.0	9.8	9.4
Average	15.3	11.0	16.3	16.7	15.1	16.2

94th highest temperature of France

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.8	2	4	3	3	4
February	3.8	7	3	4	4	5
March	4.7	5	6	4	3	4
April	5.0		6	5	2	7
May	8.1		9	9	7	8
June	11.7		13	12	12	11
July	13.2		14	14	13	12
August	13.5		14	14	13	15
September	11.6		14	12	12	12
October	9.3		10	11	8	9
November	5.9		7	7	5	7
December	4.4		7	-1	5	5
Average	7.5	4.5	8.8	8.1	7.2	8.1

35th lowest temperature of France

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	4	9	1	10
25 °C or warmer	0	31	31	13	20
20 °C or warmer	0	103	110	77	100
0 °C or colder	12	11	25	25	7

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	40.3	38	52	31	50	28
February	38.7	58	20	38	42	55
March	34.6	43	53	22	27	32
April	20.9		31	24	18	12
May	18.6		16	17	39	7
June	19.7		11	28	24	30
July	16.2		40	3	30	13
August	18.8		31	9	25	20
September	22.4		19	34	20	20
October	32.9		37	32	30	51
November	42.4		60	47	35	32
December	43.5		52	29	34	53
Average	29.0	46.4	33.1	24.1	29.6	27.1

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.9	18	22	16	18	19
February	21.1	24	15	26	20	30
March	20.1	20	24	17	19	21
April	15.2		17	18	16	12
May	15.5		17	13	21	15
June	13.3		13	14	12	15
July	15.7		19	14	16	18
August	15.7		17	15	17	17
September	15.5		15	15	15	15
October	18.1		18	18	18	21
November	18.5		24	22	15	17
December	20.1		23	12	21	21
Average	17.2	20.4	18.0	16.1	16.8	17.8

24th highest wind speed of France

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
February	SW	NW	SW	S	SW
March	SW	SW	E	W	NW
April		W	N	N	N
May		N	NW	SW	N
June		N	W	N	W
July		SW	NW	W	W
August		W	N	W	W
September		SW	W	W	NW
October		SW	S	SW	SW
November		SW	SW	NW	SW
December		SW	SE	SW	SW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Normandy weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Normandy?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 24 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Normandy?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 8 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Normandy?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 43.5 %.

Which month is the driest in Normandy?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 16.3 %.