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How extreme does Villeurbanne's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Villeurbanne 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 Lyon - St Exupery station 16 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 Villeurbanne has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
104°F Aug 13, 2003

That is about 23°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Villeurbanne (typical high near 81°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Aug 13, 2003
2 104°F Aug 24, 2023
3 103°F Jul 22, 1983
❄️ Coldest night
-8°F Jan 6, 1971

About 42°F colder than a normal January night in Villeurbanne (typical low near 34°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -8°F Jan 6, 1971
2 -5°F Jan 7, 1985
3 -3°F Jan 2, 1971
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.07 in May 10, 2021

More rain in a single day than Villeurbanne usually gets in the whole month of May (typical May total about 3.3 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.07 in May 10, 2021recent
2 3.93 in Aug 8, 1995
3 3.42 in Sep 22, 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.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 104°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Villeurbanne's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 104°F is about 23°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, Villeurbanne's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 104°F and as low as −8°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 Lyon - ST Exupery, a weather station, about 16 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →