| Les Saisies | |
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.JPG) Les Saisies andMont Blanc from the top of the Bisanne chair lift | |
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| Location | Savoie,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,France |
| Nearest major city | Albertville |
| Coordinates | 45°45′26″N6°32′21″E / 45.75722°N 6.53917°E /45.75722; 6.53917 |
| Top elevation | 2,050 m (6,730 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,180 m (3,870 ft) |
| Trails | 60 |
| Total length | 77 km (48 mi) |
| Website | www |
Les Saisies is aski resort located in theSavoiedepartment ofFrance. It is 30 km (19 mi) fromAlbertville, host of the1992 Winter Olympics. For those games, the resort hosted thebiathlon andcross-country skiing events.
The resort also hasalpine skiing trails for use and forms part of theEspace Diamant skiing region.
Les Saisies organized the2014 European Company Sports Games.[1]
Les Saisies has asubarctic climate (Köppen climate classificationDfc) closely bordering on ahumid continental climate (Dfb). The average annual temperature in Les Saisies is 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,523.1 mm (59.96 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 13.4 °C (56.1 °F), and lowest in February, at around −2.3 °C (27.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Saisies was 29.6 °C (85.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −25.4 °C (−13.7 °F) on 5 February 2012.
| Climate data for Les Saisies(Col des Saisies, altitude 1,614 m (5,295 ft), 1991−2020 normals, extremes 1992−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) | 15.2 (59.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 18.8 (65.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 28.3 (82.9) | 27.9 (82.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 29.6 (85.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 2.3 (36.1) | 5.0 (41.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 13.9 (57.0) | 10.8 (51.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 2.7 (36.9) | 9.4 (48.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) | −2.3 (27.9) | 0.4 (32.7) | 3.3 (37.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.5 (52.7) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.4 (56.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | 6.7 (44.1) | 1.7 (35.1) | −1.2 (29.8) | 5.2 (41.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) | −6.9 (19.6) | −4.1 (24.6) | −0.9 (30.4) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.1 (44.8) | 8.7 (47.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 5.5 (41.9) | 2.7 (36.9) | −2.1 (28.2) | −5.1 (22.8) | 0.9 (33.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −25.4 (−13.7) | −18.7 (−1.7) | −12.0 (10.4) | −7.5 (18.5) | −5.0 (23.0) | 0.3 (32.5) | −1.0 (30.2) | −6.0 (21.2) | −10.9 (12.4) | −16.5 (2.3) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −25.4 (−13.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 130.8 (5.15) | 110.9 (4.37) | 113.4 (4.46) | 103.3 (4.07) | 151.0 (5.94) | 129.7 (5.11) | 133.9 (5.27) | 135.6 (5.34) | 120.6 (4.75) | 122.1 (4.81) | 121.0 (4.76) | 150.8 (5.94) | 1,523.1 (59.96) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 14.2 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 132.5 |
| Source:Météo-France[2] | |||||||||||||
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