Saint-Edmond is wetter than 82% of mainland French towns: 931 mm of rain a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.0°C. A year here swings 26°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. In January, nights here are colder than in 79% of mainland French towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Briant station, 12 km north.
A year in Saint-Edmond at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Briant station.
What a year in Saint-Edmond feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Briant.
About 931 mm of rain a year
May is the wettest month and February the driest. About 28 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 11th wettest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Saône-et-Loire.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Saint-Yan
A frosty town: 55 frosts and 63 days of 25°C a year
On about 55 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 8 days it stays below freezing all day. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, and 20 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Briant: 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 Briant
Briant is 12 km north of Saint-Edmond. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Saint-Edmond itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Briant (71060001) |
| Distance from the town | 12 km north |
| Station altitude | 390 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 386 m |
| Period | 1995–2020 (the station’s own record) |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.2 km |
| Sunshine measured at | Saint-Yan, 27 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 Saint-Edmond 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 Saône-et-Loire.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Edmond | Briant | 26.0°C | 0.6°C | 931 mm |
| Charlieu 5.7 km | Charlieu | 27.1°C 1.1°C warmer | −0.1°C 0.7°C colder | 769 mm |
| Chauffailles 9.6 km | same station | 26.0°C about the same | 0.6°C about the same | 931 mm |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 10 km | Charlieu | 27.1°C 1.1°C warmer | −0.1°C 0.7°C colder | 769 mm |
| Cours 14 km | Machézal | 25.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 0.5°C about the same | 820 mm |
| Mably 18 km | Riorges - Man | 27.6°C 1.6°C warmer | 0.5°C about the same | 711 mm |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 20 km | Fourneaux | 27.1°C 1.1°C warmer | 0.1°C 0.5°C colder | 900 mm |
Saint-Edmond weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Briant station; sunshine at Saint-Yan.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | 0.6°C | 3.7°C | 68 mm | 65 |
| February | 8.0°C | 0.7°C | 4.3°C | 56 mm | 89 |
| March | 12.2°C | 3.1°C | 7.7°C | 59 mm | 147 |
| April | 16.0°C | 5.4°C | 10.7°C | 74 mm | 168 |
| May | 19.9°C | 9.2°C | 14.6°C | 97 mm | 198 |
| June | 24.1°C | 12.7°C | 18.4°C | 81 mm | 227 |
| July | 26.0°C | 14.4°C | 20.2°C | 82 mm | 248 |
| August | 26.2°C | 14.5°C | 20.3°C | 80 mm | 230 |
| September | 21.7°C | 11.0°C | 16.4°C | 79 mm | 167 |
| October | 16.8°C | 8.4°C | 12.6°C | 88 mm | 112 |
| November | 10.7°C | 3.9°C | 7.3°C | 95 mm | 66 |
| December | 7.3°C | 1.1°C | 4.2°C | 72 mm | 52 |
| Year | 16.3°C | 7.1°C | 11.7°C | 931 mm | 1,768 |
Where Saint-Edmond’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Briant, 12 km away: statistics for 1991–2020 (the station’s own years, 1995–2020, 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, Saint-Yan, 27 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 Saône-et-Loire.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Saint-Edmond’s climate
How warm does Saint-Edmond get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.2°C. About 63 days a year reach 25°C, more than 54% of mainland French towns, and about 20 reach 30°C.
How cold does Saint-Edmond get in winter?
January nights average 0.6°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 55 nights a year, and about 8 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Saint-Edmond get?
About 931 mm a year, more than 82% of mainland French towns. May is the wettest month (97 mm) and February the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Saint-Yan (27 km away), averages 1,768 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Edmond itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Saint-Edmond, Briant, 12 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 BRIANT, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Saint-Edmond →
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