How extreme does Le Havre's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Le Havre has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Le Havre Octeville station 5 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Le Havre has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

101°F Jul 18, 2022

That is about 30°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Le Havre (typical high near 70°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 101°F Jul 18, 2022recent

2 101°F Jul 25, 2019

3 100°F Jul 19, 2022

❄️ Coldest night

11°F Feb 7, 1991

About 27°F colder than a normal February night in Le Havre (typical low near 38°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 11°F Feb 7, 1991

2 13°F Jan 1, 1997

3 14°F Jan 2, 1997

🌧️ Most rain in one day

5.59 in Jun 18, 1994

More rain in a single day than Le Havre usually gets in the whole month of June (typical June total about 2.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 5.59 in Jun 18, 1994

2 5.24 in Sep 17, 1991

3 3.91 in Dec 10, 1993

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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Le Havre's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 101°F is about 30°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Le Havre's warmest days reach the low 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 101°F and as low as 11°F. A single day has delivered over 6 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at ST Gatien Des B, a weather station, about 15 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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