Val-d'Aigoual | |
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 A general view of Valleraugue | |
 Location of Val-d'Aigoual | |
  Val-d'Aigoual  Val-d'Aigoual | |
| Coordinates:44°04′54″N3°38′33″E / 44.0817°N 3.6425°E /44.0817; 3.6425 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Occitania |
| Department | Gard |
| Arrondissement | Le Vigan |
| Canton | Le Vigan |
| Intercommunality | Causses Aigoual Cévennes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Joël Gauthier[1] |
Area 1 | 78.35 km2 (30.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,418 |
| • Density | 18.10/km2 (46.87/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 30339 /30570 |
| Elevation | 294–1,567 m (965–5,141 ft) (avg. 367 m or 1,204 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Val-d'Aigoual (French pronunciation:[valdɛɡwal]) is acommune in theGarddepartment in southernFrance. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes ofValleraugue (the seat) andNotre-Dame-de-la-Rouvière.[3]
Val-d'Aigoual has awarm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classificationCsb) closely bordering on ahot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa). The average annual temperature in Val-d'Aigoual is 12.7 °C (54.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,661.7 mm (65.42 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.8 °C (71.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 4.8 °C (40.6 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Val-d'Aigoual was 41.1 °C (106.0 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.0 °C (10.4 °F) on 14 February 1999.
| Climate data for Val-d'Aigoual(Valleraugue, altitude 360m, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1993–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 33.1 (91.6) | 39.5 (103.1) | 37.8 (100.0) | 41.1 (106.0) | 36.5 (97.7) | 28.6 (83.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.3 (68.5) | 41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 15.2 (59.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 27.1 (80.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.1 (84.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 12.7 (54.9) | 9.0 (48.2) | 18.7 (65.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.6 (52.9) | 15.2 (59.4) | 19.4 (66.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.0 (62.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 8.3 (46.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 12.7 (54.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) | 0.6 (33.1) | 3.0 (37.4) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.6 (47.5) | 11.7 (53.1) | 13.9 (57.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 8.2 (46.8) | 3.9 (39.0) | 1.0 (33.8) | 6.8 (44.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.1 (13.8) | −12.0 (10.4) | −11.6 (11.1) | −2.5 (27.5) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | 5.2 (41.4) | 5.1 (41.2) | 1.7 (35.1) | −4.6 (23.7) | −7.9 (17.8) | −10.6 (12.9) | −12.0 (10.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 170.3 (6.70) | 113.7 (4.48) | 77.7 (3.06) | 136.9 (5.39) | 115.5 (4.55) | 56.7 (2.23) | 39.2 (1.54) | 55.8 (2.20) | 166.6 (6.56) | 267.2 (10.52) | 252.0 (9.92) | 210.1 (8.27) | 1,661.7 (65.42) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.9 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 96.6 |
| Source:Météo-France[4] | |||||||||||||
