Summer warmth: Saint-Lambert logs fewer 25-degree days than 91% of mainland French towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 2.3°C. Frost is rarer than in 63% of mainland French towns: about 36 nights a year drop below freezing. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 21°C. Windscreens need scraping on about 36 mornings a year, the nights the air drops below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Pierrefitte Cin station, 12 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Lambert at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pierrefitte Cin station.
What a year in Saint-Lambert feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pierrefitte Cin.
About 807 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and July the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 18th wettest of 53 towns of 2,500+ in Calvados.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet
36 frosts and 31 days of 25°C a year
On about 36 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pierrefitte Cin: 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 Pierrefitte Cin
Pierrefitte Cin is 12 km south-east of Saint-Lambert. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Lambert itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pierrefitte Cin (14501002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 187 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 156 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Caen-Carpiquet, 27 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 Saint-Lambert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lambert | Pierrefitte Cin | 23.5°C | 2.3°C | 807 mm |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 6.6 km | Fresney le Vieu | 22.8°C 0.7°C cooler | 2.1°C about the same | 826 mm |
| Condé-en-Normandie 8.9 km | same station | 23.5°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 807 mm |
| Les Monts d'Aunay 11 km | Saint-Georges D | 22.7°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.7°C about the same | 992 mm |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 16 km | same station | 23.5°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 807 mm |
| Valdallière 17 km | Saint-Georges D | 22.7°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.7°C about the same | 992 mm |
| Villers-Bocage 18 km | Saint-Georges D | 22.7°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.7°C about the same | 992 mm |
Saint-Lambert weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pierrefitte Cin station; sunshine at Caen-Carpiquet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 2.3°C | 4.9°C | 78 mm | 71 |
| February | 8.4°C | 2.2°C | 5.3°C | 58 mm | 90 |
| March | 11.2°C | 3.6°C | 7.4°C | 61 mm | 130 |
| April | 14.7°C | 5.2°C | 10.0°C | 57 mm | 179 |
| May | 17.9°C | 8.2°C | 13.0°C | 66 mm | 203 |
| June | 21.2°C | 11.0°C | 16.1°C | 58 mm | 213 |
| July | 23.5°C | 12.6°C | 18.0°C | 52 mm | 219 |
| August | 23.4°C | 12.8°C | 18.1°C | 66 mm | 205 |
| September | 20.6°C | 10.7°C | 15.7°C | 53 mm | 171 |
| October | 15.8°C | 8.6°C | 12.2°C | 85 mm | 117 |
| November | 11.1°C | 5.2°C | 8.1°C | 81 mm | 82 |
| December | 8.1°C | 2.9°C | 5.5°C | 94 mm | 67 |
| Year | 15.3°C | 7.1°C | 11.2°C | 807 mm | 1,746 |
Where Saint-Lambert’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pierrefitte Cin, 12 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, 27 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 Saint-Lambert’s climate
How warm does Saint-Lambert get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.5°C. About 31 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 91% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Lambert get in winter?
February nights average 2.2°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 36 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Lambert get?
About 807 mm a year, more than 62% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (94 mm) and July the driest (52 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Caen-Carpiquet (27 km away), averages 1,746 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Lambert itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Lambert, Pierrefitte Cin, 12 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 PIERREFITTE CIN_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Lambert →
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