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Has the climate in Paris changed?

Paris has warmed about 3.3°F since 1971.

About 0.6°F per decade, measured from Paris'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? Paris's warming is broadly in line with other cities in United States — 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
14 fewer nights
1970s
54 / yr
Recent
40 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+1.9°F
1970s
63.4°F
Recent
65.4°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
10 more days
1970s
87 / yr
Recent
97 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
5 fewer days
1970s
91 / yr
Recent
86 / yr
Drier on average

Paris's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1971 to 2025.

60°62°64°66°68°70°1971: 64.3°F1972: 63.7°F1973: 63.5°F1974: 63.3°F1975: 63.0°F1976: 61.7°F1977: 64.1°F1978: 62.3°F1979: 61.1°F1980: 63.8°F1981: 64.2°F1982: 64.9°F1983: 61.6°F1984: 64.1°F1985: 63.4°F1986: 64.6°F1987: 64.0°F1988: 64.2°F1989: 61.6°F1990: 64.0°F1991: 68.1°F1992: 62.1°F1993: 62.0°F1994: 62.5°F1995: 61.3°F1996: 61.8°F1997: 63.7°F1998: 67.4°F1999: 66.7°F2000: 64.4°F2001: 64.5°F2002: 64.2°F2003: 65.0°F2004: 65.1°F2005: 66.5°F2006: 67.7°F2007: 66.7°F2008: 64.1°F2009: 63.3°F2010: 64.6°F2011: 66.7°F2012: 67.4°F2013: 63.9°F2014: 63.0°F2015: 65.5°F2016: 67.1°F2017: 66.6°F2018: 64.9°F2019: 64.8°F2020: 64.9°F2021: 65.6°F2022: 66.1°F2023: 65.2°F2024: 67.3°F2025: 66.1°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 8 fewer freezing nights a year and about 6 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°January: +2.4°F+2.4JFebruary: +1.4°F+1.4FMarch: +0.9°F+0.9MApril: +1.1°F+1.1AMay: +1.6°F+1.6MJune: +2.0°F+2.0JJuly: +1.6°F+1.6JAugust: +1.9°F+1.9ASeptember: +1.7°F+1.7SOctober: +1.4°F+1.4ONovember: +1.6°F+1.6NDecember: +1.9°F+1.9D

January has warmed the most — about 2.4°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Paris (NOAA GHCN station USC00416794), about 2 km from the city centre.

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