Summer warmth: Champ-Haut logs fewer 25-degree days than 90% of mainland French towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at 1.2°C on average. About 59 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 79% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month, September the driest. From June to September, highs of 20–24°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Pin au Haras-Inrae station, 10 km west.
A year in Champ-Haut at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Pin au Haras-Inrae station.
What a year in Champ-Haut feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pin au Haras-Inrae.
About 756 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and September the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 13th wettest of 20 towns of 2,500+ in Orne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Alençon
A frosty town: 59 frosts and 32 days of 25°C a year
On about 59 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 32 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pin au Haras-Inrae: 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 Pin au Haras-Inrae
Pin au Haras-Inrae is 10 km west of Champ-Haut. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Champ-Haut itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Pin au Haras-Inrae (61328001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km west |
| Station altitude | 202 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 309 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 2.1 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Alençon, 35 km away |
Champ-Haut sits 107 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Champ-Haut to run about 0.7°C cooler 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 Champ-Haut 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 Orne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champ-Haut | Pin au Haras-Inrae | 23.6°C | 1.2°C | 756 mm |
| Gouffern en Auge 17 km | Argentan | 24.4°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.7°C 0.5°C milder | 692 mm |
| Sées 17 km | same station | 23.6°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 756 mm |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 19 km | L'Aigle | 23.6°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 730 mm |
| L'Aigle 23 km | L'Aigle | 23.6°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 730 mm |
| Vimoutiers 24 km | Ticheville | 22.9°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.9°C 0.7°C milder | 826 mm |
| Argentan 25 km | Argentan | 24.4°C 0.8°C warmer | 1.7°C 0.5°C milder | 692 mm |
Champ-Haut weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Pin au Haras-Inrae station; sunshine at Alençon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C | 1.2°C | 4.3°C | 67 mm | 60 |
| February | 8.3°C | 0.8°C | 4.6°C | 56 mm | 89 |
| March | 11.6°C | 2.5°C | 7.1°C | 55 mm | 134 |
| April | 14.7°C | 3.9°C | 9.3°C | 56 mm | 174 |
| May | 18.0°C | 7.4°C | 12.7°C | 67 mm | 198 |
| June | 21.4°C | 10.3°C | 15.8°C | 54 mm | 215 |
| July | 23.6°C | 11.9°C | 17.7°C | 59 mm | 222 |
| August | 23.6°C | 11.8°C | 17.7°C | 58 mm | 214 |
| September | 20.3°C | 9.1°C | 14.7°C | 54 mm | 174 |
| October | 15.6°C | 7.1°C | 11.3°C | 74 mm | 112 |
| November | 10.8°C | 4.0°C | 7.4°C | 75 mm | 73 |
| December | 7.8°C | 1.6°C | 4.7°C | 82 mm | 63 |
| Year | 15.3°C | 6.0°C | 10.6°C | 756 mm | 1,727 |
Where Champ-Haut’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Pin au Haras-Inrae, 10 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, Alençon, 35 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 Orne.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Champ-Haut’s climate
How warm does Champ-Haut get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.6°C. About 32 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 90% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Champ-Haut get in winter?
February nights average 0.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 59 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Champ-Haut get?
About 756 mm a year, more than 50% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (82 mm) and September the driest (54 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Alençon (35 km away), averages 1,727 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Champ-Haut itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Champ-Haut, Pin au Haras-Inrae, 10 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 PIN AU HARAS-INRAE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Champ-Haut →
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.