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Weather extremes

How extreme does Dijon's weather get?

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

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Dijon-Longvic station 8 km away. Updated through February 2026 — 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 Dijon has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
103°F Aug 12, 2003

That is about 24°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Dijon (typical high near 79°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 103°F Aug 12, 2003
2 103°F Jul 24, 2019
3 103°F Aug 12, 2025
❄️ Coldest night
-6°F Jan 9, 1985

About 38°F colder than a normal January night in Dijon (typical low near 32°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -6°F Jan 9, 1985
2 -5°F Jan 16, 1985
3 -2°F Dec 20, 2009
🌧️ Most rain in one day
3.65 in Nov 12, 1996

More rain in a single day than Dijon usually gets in the whole month of November (typical November total about 3.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 3.65 in Nov 12, 1996
2 3.01 in Oct 19, 2023
3 2.77 in Oct 2, 2020

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.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 103°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Dijon's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 103°F is about 24°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, Dijon's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 103°F and as low as −6°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 30 years of daily observations at Dijon-longvic, a weather station, about 8 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →