Capelle-lès-Hesdin sits near the bottom of mainland French towns for July heat
January nights here settle around 1.6°C. The rainiest month is December; the driest is April. Its yearly rainfall tops that of 89% of mainland French towns. Waterproofs come out on about 143 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
Figures from Météo-France’s Radinghem station, 25 km north.
A year in Capelle-lès-Hesdin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Radinghem station.
What a year in Capelle-lès-Hesdin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Radinghem.
About 1,038 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 34 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 19th wettest of 131 towns of 2,500+ in Pas-de-Calais.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Le-Touquet
39 frosts and 21 days of 25°C a year
On about 39 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 21 days a year reach 25°C, and 4 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Radinghem: 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 Radinghem
Radinghem is 25 km north of Capelle-lès-Hesdin. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Capelle-lès-Hesdin itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Radinghem (62685001) |
| Distance from the town | 25 km north |
| Station altitude | 115 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 103 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 17 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Le-Touquet, 33 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 Capelle-lès-Hesdin 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 Pas-de-Calais.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capelle-lès-Hesdin | Radinghem | 22.0°C | 1.6°C | 1,038 mm |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4.8 km | same station | 22.0°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 1,038 mm |
| Auxi-le-Château 15 km | Bernaville | 22.4°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 877 mm |
| Frévent 22 km | Bernaville | 22.4°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 877 mm |
| Rue 24 km | Abbeville | 22.4°C about the same | 2.2°C 0.6°C milder | 806 mm |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 24 km | Fiefs | 22.7°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.1°C 0.5°C colder | 1,071 mm |
| Verton 26 km | Le-Touquet | 21.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 2.6°C 1°C milder | 889 mm |
Capelle-lès-Hesdin weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Radinghem station; sunshine at Le-Touquet.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C | 1.6°C | 4.0°C | 98 mm | 62 |
| February | 7.1°C | 1.6°C | 4.4°C | 85 mm | 78 |
| March | 10.2°C | 3.3°C | 6.8°C | 72 mm | 133 |
| April | 13.8°C | 5.0°C | 9.4°C | 60 mm | 190 |
| May | 16.8°C | 8.0°C | 12.4°C | 70 mm | 210 |
| June | 19.6°C | 10.8°C | 15.2°C | 70 mm | 220 |
| July | 22.0°C | 12.9°C | 17.4°C | 73 mm | 225 |
| August | 22.2°C | 13.1°C | 17.7°C | 84 mm | 205 |
| September | 19.0°C | 10.8°C | 14.9°C | 77 mm | 161 |
| October | 14.7°C | 8.1°C | 11.4°C | 108 mm | 111 |
| November | 9.9°C | 4.8°C | 7.4°C | 119 mm | 63 |
| December | 6.9°C | 2.2°C | 4.5°C | 124 mm | 53 |
| Year | 14.0°C | 6.8°C | 10.5°C | 1,038 mm | 1,710 |
Where Capelle-lès-Hesdin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Radinghem, 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, Le-Touquet, 33 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 Pas-de-Calais.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Capelle-lès-Hesdin’s climate
How warm does Capelle-lès-Hesdin get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.2°C. About 21 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 95% of mainland French towns, and about 4 reach 30°C.
How cold does Capelle-lès-Hesdin get in winter?
January nights average 1.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 39 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Capelle-lès-Hesdin get?
About 1,038 mm a year, more than 89% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (124 mm) and April the driest (60 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Le-Touquet (33 km away), averages 1,710 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Capelle-lès-Hesdin itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Capelle-lès-Hesdin, Radinghem, 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 RADINGHEM, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Capelle-lès-Hesdin →
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