Geishouse

Geishouse
Geishouse
Commune
	The church in Geishouse
	Coat of arms
	Location of Geishouse
	Geishouse Geishouse
	Coordinates: 47°53′02″N 7°03′39″E / 47.8839°N 7.0608°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Thann-Guebwiller
Canton	Cernay
Intercommunality	Vallée de Saint-Amarin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Kirchhoffer
Area 1	7.28 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population (2021)	432
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68102 /68690
Elevation	510–1,422 m (1,673–4,665 ft) ; (avg. 730 m or 2,400 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geishouse (French pronunciation: [ɡaisuz] ^ⓘ; German: Geishausen; Alsatian: Gaishüse) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.

Geography

Climate

Geishouse has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Geishouse is 9.0 °C (48.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,405.6 mm (55.34 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.8 °C (64.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 0.6 °C (33.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Geishouse was 36.8 °C (98.2 °F) on 24 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −23.6 °C (−10.5 °F) on 9 January 1985.

Climate data for Geishouse (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1965−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	19.0 (66.2)	20.3 (68.5)	24.8 (76.6)	26.7 (80.1)	30.5 (86.9)	34.8 (94.6)	36.8 (98.2)	36.7 (98.1)	31.2 (88.2)	27.6 (81.7)	21.6 (70.9)	17.7 (63.9)	36.8 (98.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	3.4 (38.1)	4.4 (39.9)	7.9 (46.2)	11.9 (53.4)	16.6 (61.9)	19.9 (67.8)	22.4 (72.3)	22.2 (72.0)	18.1 (64.6)	13.6 (56.5)	7.4 (45.3)	4.1 (39.4)	12.7 (54.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.6 (33.1)	1.3 (34.3)	4.5 (40.1)	7.9 (46.2)	12.3 (54.1)	15.4 (59.7)	17.8 (64.0)	17.6 (63.7)	13.9 (57.0)	10.0 (50.0)	4.5 (40.1)	1.5 (34.7)	9.0 (48.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−2.2 (28.0)	−1.8 (28.8)	1.1 (34.0)	4.0 (39.2)	8.1 (46.6)	10.8 (51.4)	13.1 (55.6)	13.0 (55.4)	9.8 (49.6)	6.4 (43.5)	1.7 (35.1)	−1.1 (30.0)	5.3 (41.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−23.6 (−10.5)	−17.4 (0.7)	−16.0 (3.2)	−8.4 (16.9)	−4.3 (24.3)	1.0 (33.8)	3.0 (37.4)	3.0 (37.4)	1.8 (35.2)	−4.9 (23.2)	−11.8 (10.8)	−17.0 (1.4)	−23.6 (−10.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	141.0 (5.55)	119.8 (4.72)	113.8 (4.48)	84.9 (3.34)	116.2 (4.57)	105.9 (4.17)	114.9 (4.52)	98.6 (3.88)	101.4 (3.99)	129.6 (5.10)	120.7 (4.75)	158.8 (6.25)	1,405.6 (55.34)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	13.5	12.4	13.4	12.5	14.2	12.8	12.4	11.7	10.4	12.8	13.3	14.9	154.1
Mean monthly sunshine hours	71.6	88.4	130.7	150.9	177.0	194.7	214.8	222.2	153.6	113.2	75.1	54.8	1,646.9
Source: Météo France^[3]