L'Orée-d'Écouves gets fewer days of 25 degrees or more than 82% of mainland French towns
Deep winter brings January lows near 2.1°C. The rainiest month is December; the driest is April. Long walks are most pleasant from May to September, when afternoons reach 19–24°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Alençon station, 13 km south-east.
A year in L'Orée-d'Écouves at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Alençon station.
What a year in L'Orée-d'Écouves feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Alençon.
About 744 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 21 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 15th wettest of 20 towns of 2,500+ in Orne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Alençon
44 frosts and 39 days of 25°C a year
On about 44 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 3 days it stays below freezing all day. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, and 8 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Alençon: 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 Alençon
Alençon is 13 km south-east of L'Orée-d'Écouves. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in L'Orée-d'Écouves itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Alençon (61001001) |
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 143 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 278 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
L'Orée-d'Écouves sits 135 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect L'Orée-d'Écouves to run about 0.9°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 L'Orée-d'Écouves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Orée-d'Écouves | Alençon | 24.3°C | 2.1°C | 744 mm |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 14 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 744 mm |
| Alençon 14 km | same station | 24.3°C about the same | 2.1°C about the same | 744 mm |
| Sées 17 km | Pin au Haras-Inrae | 23.6°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.2°C 0.9°C colder | 756 mm |
| Argentan 24 km | Argentan | 24.4°C about the same | 1.7°C about the same | 692 mm |
| La Ferté Macé 26 km | Saint-Fraimbault | 23.7°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.1°C about the same | 850 mm |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 28 km | Évron | 25.2°C 0.9°C warmer | 2.1°C about the same | 804 mm |
L'Orée-d'Écouves weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Alençon station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 2.1°C | 4.7°C | 75 mm | 60 |
| February | 8.6°C | 1.7°C | 5.2°C | 57 mm | 89 |
| March | 12.0°C | 3.4°C | 7.7°C | 53 mm | 134 |
| April | 15.2°C | 5.0°C | 10.1°C | 50 mm | 174 |
| May | 18.6°C | 8.3°C | 13.4°C | 62 mm | 198 |
| June | 21.9°C | 11.3°C | 16.6°C | 55 mm | 215 |
| July | 24.3°C | 13.0°C | 18.7°C | 51 mm | 222 |
| August | 24.4°C | 13.0°C | 18.7°C | 51 mm | 214 |
| September | 20.9°C | 10.2°C | 15.5°C | 55 mm | 174 |
| October | 16.0°C | 7.9°C | 12.0°C | 72 mm | 112 |
| November | 10.9°C | 4.7°C | 7.8°C | 76 mm | 73 |
| December | 7.8°C | 2.3°C | 5.0°C | 88 mm | 63 |
| Year | 15.7°C | 6.9°C | 11.3°C | 744 mm | 1,727 |
Where L'Orée-d'Écouves’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Alençon, 13 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, 13 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 L'Orée-d'Écouves’s climate
How warm does L'Orée-d'Écouves get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.4°C. About 39 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 82% of mainland French towns, and about 8 reach 30°C.
How cold does L'Orée-d'Écouves get in winter?
February nights average 1.7°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 44 nights a year, and about 3 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does L'Orée-d'Écouves get?
About 744 mm a year, less than 53% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (88 mm) and April the driest (50 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Alençon (13 km away), averages 1,727 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for L'Orée-d'Écouves itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to L'Orée-d'Écouves, Alençon, 13 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 ALENCON, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for L'Orée-d'Écouves →
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