Hardly any mainland French towns collect less rain than La Roche-Noire: 563 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near 0.6°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 79% of mainland French towns. June is the wettest month here, with about 3.6 times the rain of February. Waterproofs come out on about 87 days a year, each with 1 mm of rain or more.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Clermont-Fd station, 10 km north-west.
A year in La Roche-Noire at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Clermont-Fd station.
What a year in La Roche-Noire feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Clermont-Fd.
About 563 mm of rain a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. About 15 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 21st wettest of 44 towns of 2,500+ in Puy-de-Dôme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Clermont-Fd
A frosty town: 56 frosts and 70 days of 25°C a year
On about 56 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 6 days it stays below freezing all day. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, and 22 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Clermont-Fd: 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 Clermont-Fd
Clermont-Fd is 10 km north-west of La Roche-Noire. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in La Roche-Noire itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Clermont-Fd (63113001) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 331 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 414 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 La Roche-Noire 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 Puy-de-Dôme.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-Noire | Clermont-Fd | 26.8°C | 0.6°C | 563 mm |
| Le Cendre 3 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Cournon-d'Auvergne 3.9 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 4 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Orcet 4.6 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Mur-sur-Allier 5.6 km | same station | 26.8°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 563 mm |
| Veyre-Monton 6.2 km | Plauzat | 25.9°C 0.9°C cooler | 0.2°C about the same | 607 mm |
La Roche-Noire weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Clermont-Fd station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C | 0.6°C | 4.3°C | 27 mm | 85 |
| February | 9.5°C | 0.6°C | 5.1°C | 19 mm | 110 |
| March | 13.7°C | 3.0°C | 8.3°C | 26 mm | 165 |
| April | 16.6°C | 5.3°C | 10.9°C | 51 mm | 179 |
| May | 20.5°C | 9.1°C | 14.8°C | 67 mm | 200 |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.6°C | 18.4°C | 68 mm | 225 |
| July | 26.8°C | 14.5°C | 20.6°C | 63 mm | 256 |
| August | 26.8°C | 14.4°C | 20.6°C | 62 mm | 243 |
| September | 22.5°C | 10.9°C | 16.7°C | 58 mm | 191 |
| October | 17.8°C | 8.3°C | 13.0°C | 49 mm | 136 |
| November | 12.0°C | 3.9°C | 7.9°C | 46 mm | 90 |
| December | 8.6°C | 1.4°C | 5.0°C | 29 mm | 78 |
| Year | 17.3°C | 7.1°C | 12.1°C | 563 mm | 1,958 |
Where La Roche-Noire’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Clermont-Fd, 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, Clermont-Fd, 10 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 Puy-de-Dôme.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about La Roche-Noire’s climate
How warm does La Roche-Noire get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C. About 70 days a year reach 25°C, more than 64% of mainland French towns, and about 22 reach 30°C.
How cold does La Roche-Noire get in winter?
January nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 56 nights a year, and about 6 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does La Roche-Noire get?
About 563 mm a year, less than 98% of mainland French towns. June is the wettest month (68 mm) and February the driest (19 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Clermont-Fd (10 km away), averages 1,958 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for La Roche-Noire itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to La Roche-Noire, Clermont-Fd, 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 CLERMONT-FD, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for La Roche-Noire →
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