Hardly any mainland French towns wake to more frost than Ternat
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.1°C. It is a wet place: more rain falls here than on 82% of mainland French towns. Of all months, December brings the most rain and April the least. An umbrella earns its place on about 135 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Auberive station, 15 km south.
A year in Ternat at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Auberive station.
What a year in Ternat feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Auberive.
About 943 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 29 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 4th wettest of 6 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Marne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Langres
A frosty town: 97 frosts and 49 days of 25°C a year
On about 97 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Auberive: 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 Auberive
Auberive is 15 km south of Ternat. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ternat itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Auberive (52023002) |
| Distance from the town | 15 km south |
| Station altitude | 349 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 347 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 3.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Langres, 17 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 Ternat 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.
Ternat weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Auberive station; sunshine at Langres.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C | −1.6°C | 1.9°C | 80 mm | 57 |
| February | 7.0°C | −1.5°C | 2.7°C | 70 mm | 87 |
| March | 11.3°C | 0.0°C | 5.6°C | 71 mm | 147 |
| April | 15.3°C | 2.1°C | 8.7°C | 67 mm | 181 |
| May | 19.1°C | 6.3°C | 12.7°C | 83 mm | 199 |
| June | 22.9°C | 9.4°C | 16.2°C | 79 mm | 219 |
| July | 25.1°C | 11.1°C | 18.1°C | 78 mm | 234 |
| August | 24.8°C | 10.9°C | 17.9°C | 73 mm | 223 |
| September | 20.3°C | 7.5°C | 13.9°C | 71 mm | 175 |
| October | 15.3°C | 5.3°C | 10.3°C | 87 mm | 113 |
| November | 9.4°C | 1.6°C | 5.5°C | 91 mm | 62 |
| December | 5.9°C | −0.6°C | 2.7°C | 93 mm | 50 |
| Year | 15.1°C | 4.2°C | 9.7°C | 943 mm | 1,747 |
Where Ternat’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Auberive, 15 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, Langres, 17 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 Ternat’s climate
How warm does Ternat get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.1°C. About 49 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 69% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ternat get in winter?
January nights average −1.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 97 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ternat get?
About 943 mm a year, more than 82% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (93 mm) and April the driest (67 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Langres (17 km away), averages 1,747 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ternat itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ternat, Auberive, 15 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 AUBERIVE_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ternat →
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.