Rainfall in Empury tops that of 90% of mainland French towns: 1,071 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 24.3°C. November is the wettest month, March the driest. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of mainland French towns. An umbrella earns its place on about 144 days a year with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Lormes station, 9.5 km south.
A year in Empury at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lormes station.
What a year in Empury feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lormes.
About 1,071 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and March the driest. About 35 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ in Nièvre.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Autun
46 frosts and 44 days of 25°C a year
On about 46 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 9 days it stays below freezing all day. About 44 days a year reach 25°C, and 10 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lormes: 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 Lormes
Lormes is 9.5 km south of Empury. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Empury itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lormes (58145002) |
| Distance from the town | 9.5 km south |
| Station altitude | 485 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 345 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Autun, 54 km away |
Empury sits 140 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Empury to run about 0.9°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 Empury 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 Nièvre.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km, each with its own matched station.
Empury weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Lormes station; sunshine at Autun.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C | 0.9°C | 3.4°C | 95 mm | 67 |
| February | 6.8°C | 0.9°C | 3.9°C | 77 mm | 103 |
| March | 11.0°C | 3.7°C | 7.3°C | 77 mm | 162 |
| April | 14.5°C | 6.1°C | 10.3°C | 87 mm | 197 |
| May | 18.3°C | 9.6°C | 13.9°C | 101 mm | 209 |
| June | 22.0°C | 12.8°C | 17.4°C | 86 mm | 245 |
| July | 24.3°C | 14.8°C | 19.5°C | 78 mm | 262 |
| August | 24.4°C | 15.2°C | 19.8°C | 78 mm | 228 |
| September | 20.0°C | 11.8°C | 15.9°C | 85 mm | 192 |
| October | 15.3°C | 8.7°C | 12.0°C | 98 mm | 124 |
| November | 9.7°C | 4.3°C | 7.0°C | 107 mm | 72 |
| December | 6.5°C | 1.8°C | 4.1°C | 103 mm | 59 |
| Year | 14.9°C | 7.6°C | 11.2°C | 1,071 mm | 1,918 |
Where Empury’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lormes, 9.5 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, Autun, 54 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 Nièvre.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Empury’s climate
How warm does Empury get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.4°C. About 44 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 75% of mainland French towns, and about 10 reach 30°C.
How cold does Empury get in winter?
January nights average 0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 46 nights a year, and about 9 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Empury get?
About 1,071 mm a year, more than 90% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (107 mm) and March the driest (77 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Autun (54 km away), averages 1,918 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Empury itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Empury, Lormes, 9.5 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 LORMES_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Empury →
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.