Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0Less rain falls on Saint-Aignan than on 77% of mainland French towns: 673 mm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.9°C. A year here swings 24°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or more, come about 112 times a year.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Lye station, 11 km east.
A year in Saint-Aignan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lye station.
What a year in Saint-Aignan 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. 19th wettest of 26 towns of 2,500+ in Loir-et-Cher.
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 11 km east of Saint-Aignan. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Aignan itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lye (36107001) |
| Distance from the town | 11 km east |
| Station altitude | 130 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 113 m |
| Period | 1992–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Romorantin, 25 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-Aignan 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 Loir-et-Cher.
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-Aignan | Lye | 25.9°C | 2.2°C | 673 mm |
| Noyers-sur-Cher 3.1 km | same station | 25.9°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 673 mm |
| Selles-sur-Cher 15 km | Romorantin | 26.4°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.1°C 1.1°C colder | 696 mm |
| Montrichard Val de Cher 16 km | Amboise - Lycee | 25.9°C about the same | 2.3°C about the same | 711 mm |
| Le Controis-en-Sologne 19 km | Cheverny | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C 0.6°C colder | 676 mm |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Cher 19 km | Sublaines | 25.8°C about the same | 2.2°C about the same | 647 mm |
| Chabris 22 km | Romorantin | 26.4°C 0.5°C warmer | 1.1°C 1.1°C colder | 696 mm |
Saint-Aignan 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 Saint-Aignan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lye, 11 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, 25 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 Loir-et-Cher.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Aignan’s climate
How warm does Saint-Aignan 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 Saint-Aignan 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 Saint-Aignan 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 (25 km away), averages 1,752 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Aignan itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Aignan, Lye, 11 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 Saint-Aignan →
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