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Weather extremes

How extreme does Montpellier's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Montpellier 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 Montpellier-Aeroport station 8 km away. Updated through April 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 Montpellier has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
110°F Jun 28, 2019

That is about 30°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Montpellier (typical high near 80°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 110°F Jun 28, 2019
2 105°F Aug 16, 2025
3 101°F Jun 17, 2022
❄️ Coldest night
11°F Jan 9, 1985

About 27°F colder than a normal January night in Montpellier (typical low near 38°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 11°F Jan 9, 1985
2 11°F Jan 16, 1985
3 12°F Jan 15, 1985
🌧️ Most rain in one day
11.79 in Sep 29, 2014

More rain in a single day than Montpellier usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 3.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 11.79 in Sep 29, 2014
2 7.36 in Sep 22, 2003
3 6.64 in Aug 23, 2015

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.

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

Montpellier's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 110°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, Montpellier's warmest days reach the mid-80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 110°F and as low as 11°F. A single day has delivered over 12 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 Montpellier-aeroport, 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 →