Warm afternoons come to Fourches less often than to 90% of mainland French towns
Midwinter brings lows of about 2.5°C. Winter and summer sit 21°C apart. Frost is rarer than in 80% of mainland French towns: about 28 nights a year drop below freezing. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Damblainville station, 8.9 km north-west.
A year in Fourches at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Damblainville station.
What a year in Fourches feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Damblainville.
About 717 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 44th wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Calvados.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet
28 frosts and 32 days of 25°C a year
On about 28 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 32 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Damblainville: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Damblainville
Damblainville is 8.9 km north-west of Fourches. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Fourches itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Damblainville (14216001) |
| Distance from the town | 8.9 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 155 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 85 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Caen-Carpiquet, 45 km away |
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Fourches compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Calvados.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fourches | Damblainville | 23.6°C | 2.5°C | 717 mm |
| Falaise 9.3 km | same station | 23.6°C about the same | 2.5°C about the same | 717 mm |
| Argentan 14 km | Argentan | 24.4°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.7°C 0.8°C colder | 692 mm |
| Gouffern en Auge 16 km | Argentan | 24.4°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.7°C 0.8°C colder | 692 mm |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 18 km | L Oudon Lieury | 24.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 2.0°C 0.5°C colder | 677 mm |
| Vimoutiers 22 km | Ticheville | 22.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.9°C 0.6°C colder | 826 mm |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 24 km | L Oudon Lieury | 24.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 2.0°C 0.5°C colder | 677 mm |
Fourches weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Damblainville station; sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C | 2.5°C | 5.0°C | 63 mm | 71 |
| February | 8.7°C | 2.7°C | 5.7°C | 53 mm | 90 |
| March | 11.6°C | 4.2°C | 7.9°C | 54 mm | 130 |
| April | 15.0°C | 5.9°C | 10.4°C | 53 mm | 179 |
| May | 18.1°C | 8.8°C | 13.4°C | 62 mm | 203 |
| June | 21.4°C | 11.6°C | 16.5°C | 53 mm | 213 |
| July | 23.6°C | 13.3°C | 18.5°C | 48 mm | 219 |
| August | 23.6°C | 13.6°C | 18.6°C | 57 mm | 205 |
| September | 20.9°C | 11.5°C | 16.2°C | 50 mm | 171 |
| October | 16.1°C | 9.1°C | 12.6°C | 73 mm | 117 |
| November | 11.3°C | 5.7°C | 8.5°C | 71 mm | 82 |
| December | 8.3°C | 3.2°C | 5.8°C | 81 mm | 67 |
| Year | 15.5°C | 7.7°C | 11.6°C | 717 mm | 1,746 |
Where Fourches’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Damblainville, 8.9 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, where its record is shorter).
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Caen-Carpiquet, 45 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Calvados.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Fourches’s climate
How warm does Fourches get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.6°C. About 32 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Fourches get in winter?
January nights average 2.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 28 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Fourches get?
About 717 mm a year, less than 62% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (81 mm) and July the driest (48 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Caen-Carpiquet (45 km away), averages 1,746 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Fourches itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Fourches, Damblainville, 8.9 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station DAMBLAINVILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Fourches →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.