Fewer days reach 25 degrees in Gourchelles than in 92% of mainland French towns
In January the night’s low is typically 1.9°C. None of the 59 towns of 2,500+ in Oise gets more rain. Only 21°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Plan for rain on about 132 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Oisemont station, 25 km north: at that distance, read them as the area’s climate rather than the town’s.
A year in Gourchelles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Oisemont station.
What a year in Gourchelles feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Oisemont.
About 801 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. The wettest of 59 towns of 2,500+ in Oise.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Beauvais-Tillé
37 frosts and 29 days of 25°C a year
On about 37 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 29 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Oisemont: 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 Oisemont
Oisemont is 25 km north of Gourchelles. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Gourchelles itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Oisemont (80606002) |
| Distance from the town | 25 km north |
| Station altitude | 121 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 166 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 12 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Beauvais-Tillé, 40 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 Gourchelles 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 Oise.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gourchelles | Oisemont | 23.2°C | 1.9°C | 801 mm |
| Grandvilliers 14 km | Beauvais-Tillé | 24.4°C 1.2°C warmer | 1.4°C 0.5°C colder | 656 mm |
| Forges-les-Eaux 21 km | Rouen-Boos | 23.4°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 848 mm |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray 24 km | same station | 23.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 801 mm |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 25 km | same station | 23.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 801 mm |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 26 km | Beauvais-Tillé | 24.4°C 1.2°C warmer | 1.4°C 0.5°C colder | 656 mm |
| Gournay-en-Bray 28 km | Étrépagny | 25.3°C 2.1°C warmer | 1.4°C 0.5°C colder | 774 mm |
Gourchelles weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Oisemont station; sunshine at Beauvais-Tillé.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C | 1.9°C | 4.4°C | 68 mm | 60 |
| February | 7.7°C | 1.9°C | 4.8°C | 59 mm | 79 |
| March | 11.2°C | 3.7°C | 7.4°C | 58 mm | 127 |
| April | 14.8°C | 5.2°C | 10.0°C | 49 mm | 179 |
| May | 18.0°C | 8.3°C | 13.2°C | 63 mm | 203 |
| June | 21.0°C | 11.3°C | 16.1°C | 58 mm | 209 |
| July | 23.2°C | 13.4°C | 18.3°C | 60 mm | 220 |
| August | 23.3°C | 13.5°C | 18.4°C | 72 mm | 208 |
| September | 20.1°C | 11.0°C | 15.5°C | 64 mm | 164 |
| October | 15.5°C | 8.4°C | 12.0°C | 73 mm | 112 |
| November | 10.5°C | 5.1°C | 7.8°C | 81 mm | 68 |
| December | 7.3°C | 2.6°C | 5.0°C | 97 mm | 55 |
| Year | 15.0°C | 7.2°C | 11.1°C | 801 mm | 1,682 |
Where Gourchelles’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Oisemont, 25 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, Beauvais-Tillé, 40 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 Oise.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Gourchelles’s climate
How warm does Gourchelles get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.3°C. About 29 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 92% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Gourchelles get in winter?
January nights average 1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 37 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Gourchelles get?
About 801 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (97 mm) and April the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Beauvais-Tillé (40 km away), averages 1,682 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Gourchelles itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Gourchelles, Oisemont, 25 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 OISEMONT_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Gourchelles →
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.