Warm afternoons come to Crastes more often than to 79% of mainland French towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about 1.6°C. Expect the heaviest rain in May and the lightest in February. It is a dry place: less rain falls here than on 69% of mainland French towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 104 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Auch station, 11 km west.
A year in Crastes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Auch station.
What a year in Crastes feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Auch.
About 696 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 8th wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Gers.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Auch
46 frosts and 88 days of 25°C a year
On about 46 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 88 days a year reach 25°C, and 30 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Auch: 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 Auch
Auch is 11 km west of Crastes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Crastes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Auch (32013005) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km west |
| Station altitude | 122 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 187 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Crastes 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 Gers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crastes | Auch | 27.8°C | 1.6°C | 696 mm |
| Auch 14 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Gimont 16 km | Isle-Jourdain | 28.9°C 1.1°C warmer | 1.8°C about the same | 709 mm |
| Fleurance 16 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Pavie 17 km | same station | 27.8°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 696 mm |
| Lectoure 26 km | Mauroux | 27.6°C about the same | 3.3°C 1.7°C milder | 678 mm |
| Beaumont-de-Lomagne 28 km | Sérignac | 28.0°C about the same | 2.9°C 1.3°C milder | 691 mm |
Crastes weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Auch station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C | 1.6°C | 5.9°C | 62 mm | 89 |
| February | 11.7°C | 1.5°C | 6.6°C | 46 mm | 115 |
| March | 15.3°C | 3.9°C | 9.6°C | 50 mm | 168 |
| April | 17.8°C | 6.5°C | 12.1°C | 64 mm | 180 |
| May | 21.5°C | 10.1°C | 15.8°C | 73 mm | 201 |
| June | 25.4°C | 13.6°C | 19.5°C | 59 mm | 213 |
| July | 27.8°C | 15.4°C | 21.6°C | 55 mm | 240 |
| August | 28.2°C | 15.4°C | 21.8°C | 56 mm | 231 |
| September | 24.8°C | 12.0°C | 18.4°C | 53 mm | 203 |
| October | 20.0°C | 9.1°C | 14.6°C | 56 mm | 152 |
| November | 13.9°C | 4.7°C | 9.3°C | 64 mm | 99 |
| December | 10.8°C | 2.1°C | 6.4°C | 59 mm | 85 |
| Year | 18.9°C | 8.0°C | 13.5°C | 696 mm | 1,976 |
Where Crastes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Auch, 11 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, Auch, 11 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 Gers.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Crastes’s climate
How warm does Crastes get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 28.2°C. About 88 days a year reach 25°C, more than 79% of mainland French towns, and about 30 reach 30°C.
How cold does Crastes get in winter?
February nights average 1.5°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 46 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Crastes get?
About 696 mm a year, less than 69% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (73 mm) and February the driest (46 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Auch (11 km away), averages 1,976 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Crastes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Crastes, Auch, 11 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 AUCH, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Crastes →
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