Few mainland French towns get more frosts than Saint-Blin
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.5°C. Temperatures cover 27°C across the year, low to high. Of the 6 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Marne, it is the wettest. The heating season runs November to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Bourdons station, 13 km south.
A year in Saint-Blin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bourdons station.
What a year in Saint-Blin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bourdons.
About 1,011 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 33 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 6 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Marne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Lignéville
A frosty town: 88 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 88 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 14 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bourdons: 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 Bourdons
Bourdons is 13 km south of Saint-Blin. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Blin itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bourdons (52061002) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south |
| Station altitude | 304 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 297 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 7.6 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Lignéville, 42 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 Saint-Blin 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Blin | Bourdons | 25.5°C | −1.0°C | 1,011 mm |
| Neufchâteau 23 km | Cirfontaines | 24.7°C 0.8°C cooler | −0.4°C 0.6°C milder | 904 mm |
| Nogent 27 km | Is-en-Bassigny | 24.7°C 0.8°C cooler | −0.8°C about the same | 874 mm |
| Chaumont 27 km | same station | 25.5°C about the same | −1.0°C about the same | 1,011 mm |
| Joinville 28 km | Chevillon | 25.9°C about the same | 0.4°C 1.4°C milder | 982 mm |
Saint-Blin weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bourdons station; sunshine at Lignéville.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C | −1.0°C | 2.1°C | 94 mm | 58 |
| February | 6.9°C | −1.0°C | 3.0°C | 80 mm | 85 |
| March | 11.3°C | 0.5°C | 5.9°C | 81 mm | 163 |
| April | 15.5°C | 2.5°C | 9.0°C | 68 mm | 201 |
| May | 19.6°C | 6.6°C | 13.1°C | 87 mm | 216 |
| June | 23.4°C | 9.8°C | 16.6°C | 73 mm | 236 |
| July | 25.5°C | 11.6°C | 18.5°C | 79 mm | 252 |
| August | 25.1°C | 11.3°C | 18.2°C | 78 mm | 222 |
| September | 20.5°C | 8.0°C | 14.2°C | 75 mm | 191 |
| October | 15.3°C | 5.8°C | 10.5°C | 95 mm | 115 |
| November | 9.2°C | 2.3°C | 5.8°C | 96 mm | 63 |
| December | 5.9°C | 0.2°C | 3.0°C | 104 mm | 47 |
| Year | 15.3°C | 4.7°C | 10.0°C | 1,011 mm | 1,848 |
Where Saint-Blin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bourdons, 13 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, Lignéville, 42 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 Saint-Blin’s climate
How warm does Saint-Blin get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.5°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 14 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Blin get in winter?
January nights average −1.0°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 88 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Blin get?
About 1,011 mm a year, more than 88% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (104 mm) and April the driest (68 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Lignéville (42 km away), averages 1,848 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Blin itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Blin, Bourdons, 13 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 BOURDONS_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Blin →
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