Few mainland French towns have colder winter nights than Lemps
Expect July afternoons of about 27.4°C. A year here swings 32°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 88% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 135 nights a year below 0°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Séderon station, 19 km south-east.
A year in Lemps at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Séderon station.
What a year in Lemps feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Séderon.
About 1,032 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 33 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 2nd wettest of 40 towns of 2,500+ in Drôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Carpentras
A frosty town: 135 frosts and 75 days of 25°C a year
On about 135 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 2 days it stays below freezing all day. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, and 21 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Séderon: 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 Séderon
Séderon is 19 km south-east of Lemps. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Lemps itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Séderon (26340001) |
| Distance from the town | 19 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 804 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 794 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.4 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Carpentras, 41 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 Lemps 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 Drôme.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemps | Séderon | 27.4°C | −4.8°C | 1,032 mm |
| Nyons 23 km | Vinsobres | 30.0°C 2.6°C warmer | 2.5°C 7.3°C milder | 789 mm |
Lemps weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Séderon station; sunshine at Carpentras.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C | −4.8°C | 1.6°C | 89 mm | 151 |
| February | 9.4°C | −4.7°C | 2.3°C | 65 mm | 173 |
| March | 13.2°C | −2.0°C | 5.6°C | 64 mm | 230 |
| April | 15.9°C | 1.0°C | 8.4°C | 96 mm | 244 |
| May | 20.2°C | 4.6°C | 12.4°C | 85 mm | 285 |
| June | 24.5°C | 7.8°C | 16.1°C | 63 mm | 328 |
| July | 27.4°C | 9.8°C | 18.6°C | 39 mm | 363 |
| August | 27.4°C | 9.6°C | 18.5°C | 59 mm | 327 |
| September | 22.3°C | 6.4°C | 14.4°C | 100 mm | 257 |
| October | 17.5°C | 3.7°C | 10.6°C | 131 mm | 191 |
| November | 11.7°C | −0.7°C | 5.5°C | 149 mm | 149 |
| December | 8.0°C | −3.9°C | 2.1°C | 94 mm | 138 |
| Year | 17.1°C | 2.2°C | 9.7°C | 1,032 mm | 2,835 |
Where Lemps’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Séderon, 19 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- 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, Carpentras, 41 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 Drôme.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Lemps’s climate
How warm does Lemps get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C. About 75 days a year reach 25°C, more than 67% of mainland French towns, and about 21 reach 30°C.
How cold does Lemps get in winter?
January nights average −4.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 135 nights a year, and about 2 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Lemps get?
About 1,032 mm a year, more than 88% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (149 mm) and July the driest (39 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Carpentras (41 km away), averages 2,835 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Lemps itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Lemps, Séderon, 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 SEDERON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Lemps →
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