More rain falls on Pouques-Lormes than on 90% of mainland French towns: 1,071 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near 0.9°C. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 24°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 80% of mainland French towns. Plan for rain on about 144 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Lormes station, 8.6 km south-east.
A year in Pouques-Lormes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Lormes station.
What a year in Pouques-Lormes 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 8.6 km south-east of Pouques-Lormes. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Pouques-Lormes itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Lormes (58145002) |
| Distance from the town | 8.6 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 485 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 283 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Autun, 53 km away |
Pouques-Lormes sits 202 m lower than the station. Air usually warms by about 0.65°C every 100 m you go down, so expect Pouques-Lormes to run about 1.3°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 Pouques-Lormes 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.
Pouques-Lormes 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 Pouques-Lormes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Lormes, 8.6 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, 53 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 Pouques-Lormes’s climate
How warm does Pouques-Lormes 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 Pouques-Lormes 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 Pouques-Lormes 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 (53 km away), averages 1,918 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Pouques-Lormes itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Pouques-Lormes, Lormes, 8.6 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 Pouques-Lormes →
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.