Afternoon heat in Iré-le-Sec trails that of 91% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −0.4°C. Of all months, December brings the most rain and April the least. Its January nights bite harder than in 89% of mainland French towns. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 62 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Villette station, 14 km east.
A year in Iré-le-Sec at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Villette station.
What a year in Iré-le-Sec feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villette.
About 909 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 10 towns of 2,500+ in Meuse.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Charleville-Mez
A frosty town: 62 frosts and 35 days of 25°C a year
On about 62 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 13 days it stays below freezing all day. About 35 days a year reach 25°C, and 7 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Villette: 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 Villette
Villette is 14 km east of Iré-le-Sec. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Iré-le-Sec itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Villette (54582001) |
| Distance from the town | 14 km east |
| Station altitude | 345 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 232 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Charleville-Mez, 64 km away |
Iré-le-Sec sits 113 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Iré-le-Sec to run about 0.7°C warmer than these figures.
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 Iré-le-Sec 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 Meuse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iré-le-Sec | Villette | 23.4°C | −0.4°C | 909 mm |
| Longuyon 16 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
| Gorcy 22 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
| Carignan 24 km | Linay | 25.1°C 1.7°C warmer | −0.4°C about the same | 969 mm |
| Lexy 25 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
| Cosnes-et-Romain 25 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
| Réhon 27 km | same station | 23.4°C about the same | −0.4°C about the same | 909 mm |
Iré-le-Sec weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Villette station; sunshine at Charleville-Mez.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C | −0.4°C | 1.9°C | 88 mm | 50 |
| February | 5.6°C | −0.1°C | 2.7°C | 71 mm | 69 |
| March | 9.9°C | 2.3°C | 6.1°C | 67 mm | 128 |
| April | 14.4°C | 5.1°C | 9.7°C | 55 mm | 177 |
| May | 18.2°C | 8.6°C | 13.4°C | 74 mm | 197 |
| June | 21.6°C | 11.6°C | 16.6°C | 70 mm | 203 |
| July | 23.4°C | 13.3°C | 18.4°C | 76 mm | 214 |
| August | 23.2°C | 13.5°C | 18.4°C | 81 mm | 199 |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.5°C | 14.9°C | 61 mm | 153 |
| October | 13.9°C | 7.2°C | 10.6°C | 82 mm | 97 |
| November | 8.1°C | 3.3°C | 5.7°C | 82 mm | 48 |
| December | 4.8°C | 0.6°C | 2.7°C | 101 mm | 41 |
| Year | 13.9°C | 6.3°C | 10.1°C | 909 mm | 1,576 |
Where Iré-le-Sec’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Villette, 14 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, 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, Charleville-Mez, 64 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 Meuse.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Iré-le-Sec’s climate
How warm does Iré-le-Sec get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.4°C. About 35 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 86% of mainland French towns, and about 7 reach 30°C.
How cold does Iré-le-Sec get in winter?
January nights average −0.4°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 62 nights a year, and about 13 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Iré-le-Sec get?
About 909 mm a year, more than 78% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (101 mm) and April the driest (55 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Charleville-Mez (64 km away), averages 1,576 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Iré-le-Sec itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Iré-le-Sec, Villette, 14 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 VILLETTE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Iré-le-Sec →
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.