Summer warmth: Rai logs fewer 25-degree days than 90% of mainland French towns
Nights in January average 1.4°C. Temperatures cover 22°C across the year, low to high. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 70% of mainland French towns. Expect about 50 frosty starts a year, nights when the air falls below freezing.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s L'Aigle station, 6.4 km east.
A year in Rai at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the L'Aigle station.
What a year in Rai feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at L'Aigle.
About 730 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and September the driest. About 19 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 17th wettest of 20 towns of 2,500+ in Orne.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Alençon
A frosty town: 50 frosts and 32 days of 25°C a year
On about 50 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 5 days it stays below freezing all day. About 32 days a year reach 25°C, and 7 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at L'Aigle: 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 L'Aigle
L'Aigle is 6.4 km east of Rai. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Rai itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | L'Aigle (61214002) |
| Distance from the town | 6.4 km east |
| Station altitude | 232 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 222 m |
| Period | 1997–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Sunshine measured at | Alençon, 48 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 Rai 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rai | L'Aigle | 23.6°C | 1.4°C | 730 mm |
| L'Aigle 3.8 km | same station | 23.6°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 730 mm |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 12 km | same station | 23.6°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 730 mm |
| Tourouvre au Perche 17 km | Beaulieu | 24.3°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.2°C about the same | 837 mm |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 25 km | Rueil | 25.2°C 1.6°C warmer | 0.6°C 0.8°C colder | 663 mm |
| Breteuil 26 km | Breteuil | 25.2°C 1.6°C warmer | 1.2°C about the same | 698 mm |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 26 km | Beaulieu | 24.3°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.2°C about the same | 837 mm |
Rai weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the L'Aigle station; sunshine at Alençon.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C | 1.4°C | 3.9°C | 65 mm | 60 |
| February | 7.8°C | 1.3°C | 4.6°C | 57 mm | 89 |
| March | 11.0°C | 2.7°C | 6.9°C | 55 mm | 134 |
| April | 14.5°C | 4.1°C | 9.3°C | 51 mm | 174 |
| May | 17.8°C | 7.4°C | 12.6°C | 66 mm | 198 |
| June | 21.3°C | 10.4°C | 15.9°C | 55 mm | 215 |
| July | 23.6°C | 12.1°C | 17.9°C | 53 mm | 222 |
| August | 23.6°C | 12.3°C | 18.0°C | 55 mm | 214 |
| September | 20.4°C | 9.8°C | 15.1°C | 44 mm | 174 |
| October | 15.3°C | 7.8°C | 11.5°C | 74 mm | 112 |
| November | 10.2°C | 4.4°C | 7.3°C | 70 mm | 73 |
| December | 7.2°C | 2.0°C | 4.6°C | 85 mm | 63 |
| Year | 14.9°C | 6.3°C | 10.6°C | 730 mm | 1,727 |
Where Rai’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for L'Aigle, 6.4 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1997–2020, 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, Alençon, 48 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 Rai’s climate
How warm does Rai 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 7 reach 30°C.
How cold does Rai get in winter?
February nights average 1.3°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 50 nights a year, and about 5 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Rai get?
About 730 mm a year, less than 58% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (85 mm) and September the driest (44 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Alençon (48 km away), averages 1,727 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Rai itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Rai, L'Aigle, 6.4 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 L AIGLE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Rai →
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.