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Has the climate in Vaulx-en-Velin changed?

Vaulx-en-Velin has warmed about 4.1°F since 1971.

About 0.7°F per decade, measured from Vaulx-en-Velin's official daily weather records, 1971–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Vaulx-en-Velin's warming is broadly in line with other cities in France — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
28 fewer nights
1970s
65 / yr
Recent
37 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+2.6°F
1970s
53.5°F
Recent
56.2°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
10 more days
1970s
7 / yr
Recent
17 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
12 fewer days
1970s
153 / yr
Recent
141 / yr
Drier on average

Vaulx-en-Velin's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2025.

50°52°54°56°58°60°1971: 51.5°F1972: 51.9°F1973: 51.5°F1974: 53.0°F1975: 53.4°F1976: 54.9°F1977: 53.9°F1978: 53.1°F1979: 53.8°F1980: 52.6°F1981: 53.8°F1982: 56.0°F1983: 55.4°F1984: 54.1°F1985: 53.1°F1986: 53.1°F1987: 53.1°F1988: 55.3°F1989: 55.6°F1990: 55.1°F1991: 54.4°F1992: 54.9°F1993: 54.3°F1994: 57.0°F1995: 55.8°F1996: 53.9°F1997: 56.6°F1998: 55.6°F1999: 55.6°F2000: 56.2°F2001: 55.3°F2002: 55.8°F2003: 57.2°F2004: 54.9°F2005: 54.4°F2006: 55.9°F2007: 55.1°F2008: 54.5°F2009: 56.1°F2010: 53.8°F2011: 56.6°F2012: 55.2°F2013: 54.0°F2014: 56.8°F2015: 56.6°F2016: 54.9°F2017: 55.8°F2018: 57.7°F2019: 56.9°F2020: 57.4°F2021: 55.0°F2022: 58.1°F2023: 57.8°F2024: 56.7°F2025: 57.0°Flong-term trend1971198019902000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 14 fewer freezing nights a year and about 5 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°+3.5°January: +1.7°F+1.7JFebruary: +0.7°F+0.7FMarch: +2.1°F+2.1MApril: +3.4°F+3.4AMay: +2.4°F+2.4MJune: +3.5°F+3.5JJuly: +2.2°F+2.2JAugust: +2.2°F+2.2ASeptember: +1.4°F+1.4SOctober: +2.0°F+2.0ONovember: +2.2°F+2.2NDecember: +1.1°F+1.1D

June has warmed the most — about 3.5°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Lyon - ST Exupery, a weather station, about 14 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

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