Rives Dervoises gets more frosts than 88% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.8°C. The rainiest month is December; the driest is April. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 125 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Soulaines station, 7.9 km south.
A year in Rives Dervoises at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Soulaines station.
What a year in Rives Dervoises feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soulaines.
About 776 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 6 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Marne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Mathaux-Etape
A frosty town: 66 frosts and 56 days of 25°C a year
On about 66 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 56 days a year reach 25°C, and 16 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Soulaines: 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 Soulaines
Soulaines is 7.9 km south of Rives Dervoises. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rives Dervoises itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Soulaines (10372001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.9 km south |
| Station altitude | 138 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 136 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Mathaux-Etape, 21 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 Rives Dervoises 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 Haute-Marne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rives Dervoises | Soulaines | 25.8°C | 0.5°C | 776 mm |
| Brienne-le-Château 16 km | Mathaux-Etape | 26.1°C about the same | 1.2°C 0.7°C milder | 734 mm |
| Wassy 18 km | Chevillon | 25.9°C about the same | 0.4°C about the same | 982 mm |
| Bar-sur-Aube 26 km | Ailleville | 26.2°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 834 mm |
| Saint-Dizier 27 km | Saint-Dizier | 26.0°C about the same | 0.8°C about the same | 795 mm |
Rives Dervoises weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Soulaines station; sunshine at Mathaux-Etape.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C | 0.5°C | 3.6°C | 62 mm | 69 |
| February | 8.1°C | 0.4°C | 4.3°C | 57 mm | 97 |
| March | 12.3°C | 2.1°C | 7.2°C | 58 mm | 157 |
| April | 16.2°C | 4.3°C | 10.3°C | 56 mm | 207 |
| May | 20.0°C | 8.4°C | 14.2°C | 71 mm | 223 |
| June | 23.5°C | 11.6°C | 17.5°C | 60 mm | 248 |
| July | 25.8°C | 13.5°C | 19.7°C | 65 mm | 252 |
| August | 25.5°C | 13.2°C | 19.3°C | 63 mm | 223 |
| September | 21.2°C | 9.6°C | 15.4°C | 65 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.4°C | 7.1°C | 11.8°C | 75 mm | 127 |
| November | 10.6°C | 3.7°C | 7.1°C | 70 mm | 74 |
| December | 7.3°C | 1.5°C | 4.4°C | 75 mm | 64 |
| Year | 16.1°C | 6.3°C | 11.2°C | 776 mm | 1,930 |
Where Rives Dervoises’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Soulaines, 7.9 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, Mathaux-Etape, 21 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 Haute-Marne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Rives Dervoises’s climate
How warm does Rives Dervoises get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.8°C. About 56 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 59% of mainland French towns, and about 16 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rives Dervoises get in winter?
February nights average 0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 66 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rives Dervoises get?
About 776 mm a year, more than 55% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (75 mm) and April the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Mathaux-Etape (21 km away), averages 1,930 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rives Dervoises itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rives Dervoises, Soulaines, 7.9 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 SOULAINES, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rives Dervoises →
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.