Rainfall in Nouhant tops that of 79% of mainland French towns: 911 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 24.6°C. Its July afternoons are the coolest among its 6 nearest neighbors. Temperatures cover 24°C across the year, low to high. Plan for rain on about 132 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Préveranges station, 19 km north-west.
A year in Nouhant at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Préveranges station.
What a year in Nouhant feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Préveranges.
About 911 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and September the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Creuse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa
47 frosts and 46 days of 25°C a year
On about 47 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 46 days a year reach 25°C, and 11 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Préveranges: 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 Préveranges
Préveranges is 19 km north-west of Nouhant. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Nouhant itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Préveranges (18187004) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 462 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 450 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 14 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 64 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 Nouhant 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 Creuse.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouhant | Préveranges | 24.6°C | 1.1°C | 911 mm |
| Huriel 12 km | Boussac | 25.5°C 0.9°C warmer | 0.2°C 0.9°C colder | 896 mm |
| Prémilhat 13 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 2.1°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.5°C colder | 757 mm |
| Domérat 14 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 2.1°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.5°C colder | 757 mm |
| Montluçon 17 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 2.1°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.5°C colder | 757 mm |
| Désertines 19 km | Tortezais | 26.7°C 2.1°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.5°C colder | 757 mm |
| Commentry 27 km | Durdat-Larequille | 25.2°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.3°C 0.8°C colder | 879 mm |
Nouhant weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Préveranges station; sunshine at Lurcy-Lévis Sa.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C | 1.1°C | 3.8°C | 80 mm | 72 |
| February | 7.5°C | 1.0°C | 4.2°C | 63 mm | 102 |
| March | 11.4°C | 3.3°C | 7.3°C | 72 mm | 162 |
| April | 14.7°C | 5.8°C | 10.3°C | 86 mm | 195 |
| May | 18.5°C | 9.0°C | 13.7°C | 88 mm | 213 |
| June | 22.5°C | 12.4°C | 17.4°C | 73 mm | 246 |
| July | 24.6°C | 14.0°C | 19.3°C | 76 mm | 255 |
| August | 24.7°C | 14.2°C | 19.4°C | 68 mm | 237 |
| September | 20.9°C | 11.1°C | 16.0°C | 62 mm | 197 |
| October | 16.2°C | 8.5°C | 12.4°C | 81 mm | 130 |
| November | 10.5°C | 4.3°C | 7.4°C | 80 mm | 80 |
| December | 7.3°C | 1.8°C | 4.6°C | 83 mm | 67 |
| Year | 15.4°C | 7.2°C | 11.3°C | 911 mm | 1,955 |
Where Nouhant’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Préveranges, 19 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, Lurcy-Lévis Sa, 64 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 Creuse.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Nouhant’s climate
How warm does Nouhant get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.7°C. About 46 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 73% of mainland French towns, and about 11 reach 30°C.
How cold does Nouhant get in winter?
February nights average 1.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 47 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Nouhant get?
About 911 mm a year, more than 79% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (88 mm) and September the driest (62 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lurcy-Lévis Sa (64 km away), averages 1,955 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Nouhant itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Nouhant, Préveranges, 19 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 PREVERANGES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Nouhant →
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