Ice on the ground: Lorey sees more frosts than 94% of mainland French towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.4°C. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 68% of mainland French towns. Of all months, December brings the most rain and April the least. Plan for rain on about 130 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Roville station, 26 km south-east; at that distance they describe the area more than the town.
A year in Lorey at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Roville station.
What a year in Lorey feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Roville.
About 833 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 16th wettest of 57 towns of 2,500+ in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nancy-Essey
A frosty town: 79 frosts and 54 days of 25°C a year
On about 79 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 12 days it stays below freezing all day. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, and 13 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Roville: 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 Roville
Roville is 26 km south-east of Lorey. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Lorey itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Roville (88402002) |
| Distance from the town | 26 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 278 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 278 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 22 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Nancy-Essey, 22 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 Lorey 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 Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorey | Roville | 25.4°C | −0.9°C | 833 mm |
| Damelevières 8.8 km | Nancy-Essey | 25.8°C about the same | −0.2°C 0.7°C milder | 746 mm |
| Blainville-sur-l'Eau 9.7 km | Nancy-Essey | 25.8°C about the same | −0.2°C 0.7°C milder | 746 mm |
| Rosières-aux-Salines 10 km | Nancy-Essey | 25.8°C about the same | −0.2°C 0.7°C milder | 746 mm |
| Dombasle-sur-Meurthe 14 km | Nancy-Essey | 25.8°C about the same | −0.2°C 0.7°C milder | 746 mm |
| Charmes 14 km | same station | 25.4°C about the same | −0.9°C about the same | 833 mm |
| Saint-Nicolas-de-Port 14 km | Nancy-Essey | 25.8°C about the same | −0.2°C 0.7°C milder | 746 mm |
Lorey weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Roville station; sunshine at Nancy-Essey.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.0°C | −0.9°C | 2.1°C | 66 mm | 52 |
| February | 6.7°C | −0.8°C | 3.0°C | 59 mm | 80 |
| March | 11.2°C | 1.3°C | 6.3°C | 59 mm | 140 |
| April | 15.5°C | 3.4°C | 9.5°C | 56 mm | 181 |
| May | 19.4°C | 7.6°C | 13.5°C | 76 mm | 206 |
| June | 23.1°C | 11.0°C | 17.0°C | 74 mm | 224 |
| July | 25.4°C | 12.7°C | 19.1°C | 74 mm | 235 |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.5°C | 18.8°C | 68 mm | 219 |
| September | 20.5°C | 9.1°C | 14.8°C | 72 mm | 172 |
| October | 15.4°C | 6.3°C | 10.8°C | 77 mm | 105 |
| November | 9.3°C | 2.6°C | 5.9°C | 74 mm | 52 |
| December | 5.8°C | 0.3°C | 3.0°C | 79 mm | 43 |
| Year | 15.2°C | 5.4°C | 10.3°C | 833 mm | 1,708 |
Where Lorey’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Roville, 26 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, Nancy-Essey, 22 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 Meurthe-et-Moselle.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Lorey’s climate
How warm does Lorey get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.4°C. About 54 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 13 reach 30°C.
How cold does Lorey get in winter?
January nights average −0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 79 nights a year, and about 12 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Lorey get?
About 833 mm a year, more than 68% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (79 mm) and April the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nancy-Essey (22 km away), averages 1,708 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Lorey itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Lorey, Roville, 26 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 ROVILLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Lorey →
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.