Saint-Claude-de-Diray gets more frosts than 79% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.2°C. It is a dry place: less rain falls here than on 77% of mainland French towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 25°C. Radiators earn their keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Cheverny station, 12 km south.
A year in Saint-Claude-de-Diray at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Cheverny station.
What a year in Saint-Claude-de-Diray feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cheverny.
About 676 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and August the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 9th wettest of 26 towns of 2,500+ in Loir-et-Cher.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Blois
A frosty town: 59 frosts and 67 days of 25°C a year
On about 59 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, and 18 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cheverny: 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 Cheverny
Cheverny is 12 km south of Saint-Claude-de-Diray. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Claude-de-Diray itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Cheverny (41050002) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km south |
| Station altitude | 99 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 85 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Blois, 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 Saint-Claude-de-Diray 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-Claude-de-Diray | Cheverny | 26.2°C | 1.6°C | 676 mm |
| Vineuil 4.3 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 676 mm |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor 4.8 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 676 mm |
| Mont-près-Chambord 6.6 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 676 mm |
| Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt 6.9 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 676 mm |
| Villebarou 7.5 km | Blois | 26.2°C about the same | 1.8°C about the same | 641 mm |
| Blois 8.2 km | same station | 26.2°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 676 mm |
Saint-Claude-de-Diray weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Cheverny station; sunshine at Blois.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C | 1.6°C | 4.8°C | 58 mm | 63 |
| February | 9.2°C | 1.1°C | 5.2°C | 49 mm | 93 |
| March | 13.4°C | 3.0°C | 8.2°C | 48 mm | 148 |
| April | 16.6°C | 4.8°C | 10.7°C | 50 mm | 187 |
| May | 20.2°C | 8.5°C | 14.4°C | 63 mm | 211 |
| June | 23.8°C | 11.8°C | 17.8°C | 52 mm | 210 |
| July | 26.2°C | 13.4°C | 19.8°C | 53 mm | 231 |
| August | 26.2°C | 12.8°C | 19.5°C | 46 mm | 228 |
| September | 22.2°C | 9.6°C | 15.9°C | 50 mm | 187 |
| October | 17.3°C | 7.6°C | 12.4°C | 70 mm | 122 |
| November | 11.6°C | 4.1°C | 7.9°C | 68 mm | 75 |
| December | 8.4°C | 2.0°C | 5.2°C | 71 mm | 59 |
| Year | 16.9°C | 6.7°C | 11.8°C | 676 mm | 1,813 |
Where Saint-Claude-de-Diray’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Cheverny, 12 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, Blois, 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 Loir-et-Cher.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Claude-de-Diray’s climate
How warm does Saint-Claude-de-Diray get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 67 days a year reach 25°C, more than 58% of mainland French towns, and about 18 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Claude-de-Diray get in winter?
February nights average 1.1°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 59 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Claude-de-Diray get?
About 676 mm a year, less than 77% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (71 mm) and August the driest (46 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Blois (17 km away), averages 1,813 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Claude-de-Diray itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Claude-de-Diray, Cheverny, 12 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 CHEVERNY, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Claude-de-Diray →
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