Lye is drier than 77% of mainland French towns: 673 mm of rain a year
In January the night’s low is typically 2.2°C. A year here swings 24°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frost greets about 41 mornings a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Lye station, 2.1 km east.
A year in Lye at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lye station.
What a year in Lye feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lye.
About 673 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and June the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 14th wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Indre.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Romorantin
41 frosts and 57 days of 25°C a year
On about 41 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, and 15 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lye: 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 Lye
Lye is 2.1 km east of Lye. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Lye itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lye (36107001) |
| Distance from the town | 2.1 km east |
| Station altitude | 130 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 84 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Romorantin, 19 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 Lye 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 Indre.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lye | Lye | 25.9°C | 2.2°C | 673 mm |
| Noyers-sur-Cher 8.3 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 673 mm |
| Selles-sur-Cher 8.9 km | Romorantin | 26.4°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.1°C 1.1°C colder | 696 mm |
| Saint-Aignan 9.3 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 673 mm |
| Chabris 14 km | Romorantin | 26.4°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.1°C 1.1°C colder | 696 mm |
| Villefranche-sur-Cher 23 km | Romorantin | 26.4°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.1°C 1.1°C colder | 696 mm |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne 24 km | Cheverny | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C 0.6°C colder | 676 mm |
Lye weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lye station; sunshine at Romorantin.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C | 2.2°C | 4.8°C | 61 mm | 61 |
| February | 8.9°C | 2.1°C | 5.5°C | 49 mm | 85 |
| March | 12.9°C | 3.9°C | 8.4°C | 47 mm | 145 |
| April | 16.2°C | 5.9°C | 11.1°C | 56 mm | 177 |
| May | 19.9°C | 9.4°C | 14.6°C | 64 mm | 197 |
| June | 23.6°C | 12.5°C | 18.1°C | 45 mm | 211 |
| July | 25.9°C | 14.2°C | 20.1°C | 52 mm | 229 |
| August | 26.0°C | 14.0°C | 20.0°C | 51 mm | 226 |
| September | 22.0°C | 10.8°C | 16.4°C | 50 mm | 182 |
| October | 17.1°C | 8.5°C | 12.8°C | 67 mm | 120 |
| November | 11.2°C | 4.9°C | 8.1°C | 62 mm | 67 |
| December | 7.9°C | 2.6°C | 5.3°C | 69 mm | 55 |
| Year | 16.6°C | 7.6°C | 12.1°C | 673 mm | 1,752 |
Where Lye’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lye, 2.1 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1992–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Romorantin, 19 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 Indre.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Lye’s climate
How warm does Lye get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C. About 57 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 57% of mainland French towns, and about 15 reach 30°C.
How cold does Lye get in winter?
February nights average 2.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 41 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Lye get?
About 673 mm a year, less than 77% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (69 mm) and June the driest (45 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Romorantin (19 km away), averages 1,752 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Lye itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Lye, Lye, 2.1 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 LYE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Lye →
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.