Frost comes to Les Menus more often than to 78% of mainland French towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.1°C. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 24°C. By warm days alone, it ranks cooler than 72% of mainland French towns. Homes need heating from November to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s La Loupe station, 7.2 km south-east.
A year in Les Menus at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the La Loupe station.
What a year in Les Menus feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Loupe.
About 718 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and September the driest. About 20 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 20 towns of 2,500+ in Orne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Chartres
A frosty town: 58 frosts and 48 days of 25°C a year
On about 58 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, and 12 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at La Loupe: 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 La Loupe
La Loupe is 7.2 km south-east of Les Menus. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Les Menus itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | La Loupe (28214003) |
| Distance from the town | 7.2 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 200 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 219 m |
| Period | 1996–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Chartres, 42 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 Les Menus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Menus | La Loupe | 25.1°C | 1.2°C | 718 mm |
| La Loupe 8 km | same station | 25.1°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 718 mm |
| Senonches 8.8 km | Senonches | 24.7°C about the same | 1.1°C about the same | 817 mm |
| Longny les Villages 11 km | Beaulieu | 24.3°C 0.8°C cooler | 1.2°C about the same | 837 mm |
| Tourouvre au Perche 23 km | Beaulieu | 24.3°C 0.8°C cooler | 1.2°C about the same | 837 mm |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 24 km | Thimert | 26.0°C 0.9°C warmer | 1.7°C 0.5°C milder | 635 mm |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 24 km | Preaux-du-Perche | 25.3°C about the same | 1.8°C 0.6°C milder | 748 mm |
Les Menus weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the La Loupe station; sunshine at Chartres.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 1.2°C | 3.9°C | 62 mm | 64 |
| February | 8.3°C | 0.9°C | 4.6°C | 55 mm | 88 |
| March | 12.0°C | 2.4°C | 7.2°C | 55 mm | 140 |
| April | 15.8°C | 4.0°C | 9.9°C | 49 mm | 184 |
| May | 19.3°C | 7.5°C | 13.4°C | 67 mm | 209 |
| June | 22.9°C | 10.6°C | 16.8°C | 62 mm | 222 |
| July | 25.1°C | 12.1°C | 18.6°C | 53 mm | 230 |
| August | 25.2°C | 12.1°C | 18.6°C | 52 mm | 220 |
| September | 21.6°C | 9.4°C | 15.5°C | 44 mm | 181 |
| October | 16.2°C | 7.4°C | 11.8°C | 69 mm | 118 |
| November | 10.5°C | 4.0°C | 7.3°C | 70 mm | 72 |
| December | 7.3°C | 1.7°C | 4.5°C | 80 mm | 60 |
| Year | 15.9°C | 6.1°C | 11.0°C | 718 mm | 1,787 |
Where Les Menus’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for La Loupe, 7.2 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1996–2020, where its record is shorter).
- 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, Chartres, 42 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 Les Menus’s climate
How warm does Les Menus get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.2°C. About 48 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 72% of mainland French towns, and about 12 reach 30°C.
How cold does Les Menus get in winter?
February nights average 0.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 58 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Les Menus get?
About 718 mm a year, less than 62% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (80 mm) and September the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Chartres (42 km away), averages 1,787 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Les Menus itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Les Menus, La Loupe, 7.2 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 LA LOUPE_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Les Menus →
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.