Few mainland French towns have colder winter nights than Winkel
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.3°C. The rainiest month is May; the driest is February. None of the 52 towns of 2,500+ in Haut-Rhin has cooler July afternoons. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 139 times a year.
Figures from Météo-France’s Lucelle station, 2.6 km south.
A year in Winkel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lucelle station.
What a year in Winkel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lucelle.
About 1,091 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 37 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 52 towns of 2,500+ in Haut-Rhin.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Bale-Mulhouse
A frosty town: 80 frosts and 35 days of 25°C a year
On about 80 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 23 days it stays below freezing all day. About 35 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lucelle: 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 Lucelle
Lucelle is 2.6 km south of Winkel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Winkel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lucelle (68190001) |
| Distance from the town | 2.6 km south |
| Station altitude | 690 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 565 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Bale-Mulhouse, 25 km away |
Winkel sits 125 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Winkel to run about 0.8°C warmer than these figures.
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 Winkel 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 Haut-Rhin.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winkel | Lucelle | 23.3°C | −1.6°C | 1,091 mm |
| Altkirch 18 km | Mulhouse | 26.4°C 3.1°C warmer | −0.6°C 1°C milder | 748 mm |
| Delle 20 km | Joncherey | 26.4°C 3.1°C warmer | −1.6°C about the same | 1,087 mm |
| Hégenheim 23 km | Bale-Mulhouse | 26.4°C 3.1°C warmer | −0.8°C 0.8°C milder | 764 mm |
| Hésingue 23 km | Bale-Mulhouse | 26.4°C 3.1°C warmer | −0.8°C 0.8°C milder | 764 mm |
| Grandvillars 23 km | Joncherey | 26.4°C 3.1°C warmer | −1.6°C about the same | 1,087 mm |
| Blotzheim 24 km | Bale-Mulhouse | 26.4°C 3.1°C warmer | −0.8°C 0.8°C milder | 764 mm |
Winkel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lucelle station; sunshine at Bale-Mulhouse.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C | −1.6°C | 1.2°C | 66 mm | 68 |
| February | 5.0°C | −1.4°C | 1.8°C | 63 mm | 91 |
| March | 9.0°C | 1.4°C | 5.2°C | 71 mm | 146 |
| April | 13.2°C | 4.3°C | 8.7°C | 85 mm | 181 |
| May | 17.1°C | 8.0°C | 12.6°C | 121 mm | 202 |
| June | 21.1°C | 11.4°C | 16.2°C | 106 mm | 228 |
| July | 23.3°C | 13.1°C | 18.2°C | 103 mm | 248 |
| August | 23.1°C | 13.0°C | 18.0°C | 106 mm | 234 |
| September | 18.5°C | 9.5°C | 14.0°C | 91 mm | 168 |
| October | 13.9°C | 6.3°C | 10.1°C | 99 mm | 121 |
| November | 8.1°C | 2.1°C | 5.1°C | 92 mm | 70 |
| December | 4.8°C | −0.7°C | 2.0°C | 89 mm | 62 |
| Year | 13.4°C | 5.5°C | 9.4°C | 1,091 mm | 1,819 |
Where Winkel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lucelle, 2.6 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, Bale-Mulhouse, 25 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 Haut-Rhin.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Winkel’s climate
How warm does Winkel get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.3°C. About 35 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 86% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Winkel get in winter?
January nights average −1.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 80 nights a year, and about 23 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Winkel get?
About 1,091 mm a year, more than 91% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (121 mm) and February the driest (63 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Bale-Mulhouse (25 km away), averages 1,819 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Winkel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Winkel, Lucelle, 2.6 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 LUCELLE_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Winkel →
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.