Frost comes to Ferrières-lès-Ray more often than to 91% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 27.2°C. It is the wettest of its 4 nearest neighbors. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 27°C. Keep the boiler serviced for the months from November to March, which average under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Bucey-lès-Gy station, 18 km south.
A year in Ferrières-lès-Ray at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Bucey-lès-Gy station.
What a year in Ferrières-lès-Ray feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bucey-lès-Gy.
About 1,033 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 34 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 11 towns of 2,500+ in Haute-Saône.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chargey-lès-Gray
A frosty town: 69 frosts and 79 days of 25°C a year
On about 69 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, and 28 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bucey-lès-Gy: 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 Bucey-lès-Gy
Bucey-lès-Gy is 18 km south of Ferrières-lès-Ray. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Ferrières-lès-Ray itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Bucey-lès-Gy (70104001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south |
| Station altitude | 215 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 198 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 16 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Chargey-lès-Gray, 18 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 Ferrières-lès-Ray 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-Saône.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrières-lès-Ray | Bucey-lès-Gy | 27.2°C | 0.1°C | 1,033 mm |
| Port-sur-Saône 22 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C about the same | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,008 mm |
| Gray 22 km | Chargey-lès-Gray | 26.4°C 0.8°C cooler | 0.4°C about the same | 834 mm |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 25 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C about the same | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,008 mm |
| Vesoul 27 km | Vesoul Ville | 27.2°C about the same | −0.4°C 0.5°C colder | 1,008 mm |
Ferrières-lès-Ray weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Bucey-lès-Gy station; sunshine at Chargey-lès-Gray.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C | 0.1°C | 3.1°C | 81 mm | 70 |
| February | 8.0°C | 0.1°C | 4.0°C | 74 mm | 99 |
| March | 13.0°C | 2.4°C | 7.7°C | 75 mm | 165 |
| April | 17.3°C | 4.9°C | 11.1°C | 75 mm | 198 |
| May | 21.3°C | 9.1°C | 15.2°C | 101 mm | 222 |
| June | 25.0°C | 12.5°C | 18.7°C | 83 mm | 255 |
| July | 27.2°C | 14.3°C | 20.7°C | 93 mm | 254 |
| August | 26.9°C | 14.0°C | 20.4°C | 79 mm | 229 |
| September | 22.0°C | 10.3°C | 16.2°C | 85 mm | 189 |
| October | 16.6°C | 7.4°C | 12.0°C | 95 mm | 124 |
| November | 10.3°C | 3.2°C | 6.8°C | 100 mm | 72 |
| December | 6.6°C | 0.9°C | 3.7°C | 94 mm | 58 |
| Year | 16.7°C | 6.6°C | 11.6°C | 1,033 mm | 1,934 |
Where Ferrières-lès-Ray’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Bucey-lès-Gy, 18 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, Chargey-lès-Gray, 18 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-Saône.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Ferrières-lès-Ray’s climate
How warm does Ferrières-lès-Ray get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.2°C. About 79 days a year reach 25°C, more than 71% of mainland French towns, and about 28 reach 30°C.
How cold does Ferrières-lès-Ray get in winter?
January nights average 0.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 69 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Ferrières-lès-Ray get?
About 1,033 mm a year, more than 89% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (101 mm) and February the driest (74 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chargey-lès-Gray (18 km away), averages 1,934 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Ferrières-lès-Ray itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Ferrières-lès-Ray, Bucey-lès-Gy, 18 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 BUCEY-LES-GY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Ferrières-lès-Ray →
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