Summer warmth: Arguel logs fewer 25-degree days than 92% of mainland French towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about 1.9°C. Rain is plentiful here, more than falls on 60% of mainland French towns. Only 21°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Gritters and ice scrapers earn their keep on roughly 37 nights a year below 0°C.
Figures from Météo-France’s Oisemont station, 10 km north.
A year in Arguel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Oisemont station.
What a year in Arguel feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Oisemont.
About 801 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 23 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 7th wettest of 24 towns of 2,500+ in Somme.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Amiens-Glisy
37 frosts and 29 days of 25°C a year
On about 37 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below, and on about 4 days it stays below freezing all day. About 29 days a year reach 25°C, and 6 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Oisemont: 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 Oisemont
Oisemont is 10 km north of Arguel. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Arguel itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Oisemont (80606002) |
| Distance from the town | 10 km north |
| Station altitude | 121 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 160 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Sunshine measured at | Amiens-Glisy, 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 Arguel 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 Somme.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arguel | Oisemont | 23.2°C | 1.9°C | 801 mm |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 15 km | same station | 23.2°C about the same | 1.9°C about the same | 801 mm |
| Grandvilliers 24 km | Beauvais-Tillé | 24.4°C 1.2°C warmer | 1.4°C 0.5°C colder | 656 mm |
| Flixecourt 26 km | Abbeville | 22.4°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.2°C about the same | 806 mm |
| Abbeville 27 km | Abbeville | 22.4°C 0.8°C cooler | 2.2°C about the same | 806 mm |
Arguel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Oisemont station; sunshine at Amiens-Glisy.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C | 1.9°C | 4.4°C | 68 mm | 64 |
| February | 7.7°C | 1.9°C | 4.8°C | 59 mm | 87 |
| March | 11.2°C | 3.7°C | 7.4°C | 58 mm | 147 |
| April | 14.8°C | 5.2°C | 10.0°C | 49 mm | 206 |
| May | 18.0°C | 8.3°C | 13.2°C | 63 mm | 203 |
| June | 21.0°C | 11.3°C | 16.1°C | 58 mm | 220 |
| July | 23.2°C | 13.4°C | 18.3°C | 60 mm | 224 |
| August | 23.3°C | 13.5°C | 18.4°C | 72 mm | 188 |
| September | 20.1°C | 11.0°C | 15.5°C | 64 mm | 168 |
| October | 15.5°C | 8.4°C | 12.0°C | 73 mm | 117 |
| November | 10.5°C | 5.1°C | 7.8°C | 81 mm | 71 |
| December | 7.3°C | 2.6°C | 5.0°C | 97 mm | 67 |
| Year | 15.0°C | 7.2°C | 11.1°C | 801 mm | 1,761 |
Where Arguel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Oisemont, 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, Amiens-Glisy, 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 Somme.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Arguel’s climate
How warm does Arguel get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.3°C. About 29 days a year reach 25°C, fewer than 92% of mainland French towns, and about 6 reach 30°C.
How cold does Arguel get in winter?
January nights average 1.9°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 37 nights a year, and about 4 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Arguel get?
About 801 mm a year, more than 60% of mainland French towns. December is the wettest month (97 mm) and April the driest (49 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Amiens-Glisy (42 km away), averages 1,761 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Arguel itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Arguel, Oisemont, 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 OISEMONT_SAPC, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Arguel →
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