Kruth

Kruth
Kruth
Commune
	The town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kruth
	Kruth Kruth
	Coordinates: 47°55′54″N 6°57′53″E / 47.9317°N 6.9647°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Haut-Rhin
Arrondissement	Thann-Guebwiller
Canton	Cernay
Intercommunality	Vallée de Saint-Amarin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Florent Arnold
Area 1	223.06 km2 (86.12 sq mi)
Population (2021)	910
• Density	4.1/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	68171 /68820
Elevation	468–1,263 m (1,535–4,144 ft) ; (avg. 487 m or 1,598 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Kruth (French pronunciation: [kʁyt] ^ⓘ; German: Krüt) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Its railway station is the terminus of a TER service to Mulhouse.

Geography

Climate

Kruth has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) closely bordering on an oceanic climate (Cfb). The average annual temperature in Kruth is 8.6 °C (47.5 °F). The average annual rainfall is 2,001.4 mm (78.80 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 17.3 °C (63.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around −0.4 °C (31.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Kruth was 37.3 °C (99.1 °F) on 24 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −20.4 °C (−4.7 °F) on 24 December 2001.

Climate data for Kruth (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1996−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	14.0 (57.2)	20.3 (68.5)	25.5 (77.9)	28.2 (82.8)	31.3 (88.3)	34.6 (94.3)	37.3 (99.1)	36.9 (98.4)	31.4 (88.5)	27.5 (81.5)	20.4 (68.7)	16.9 (62.4)	37.3 (99.1)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	2.4 (36.3)	4.4 (39.9)	8.5 (47.3)	13.5 (56.3)	18.1 (64.6)	22.0 (71.6)	22.7 (72.9)	22.5 (72.5)	18.1 (64.6)	13.2 (55.8)	6.7 (44.1)	2.5 (36.5)	12.9 (55.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−0.4 (31.3)	0.9 (33.6)	4.2 (39.6)	8.3 (46.9)	12.8 (55.0)	16.3 (61.3)	17.3 (63.1)	17.1 (62.8)	13.3 (55.9)	9.3 (48.7)	3.8 (38.8)	0.1 (32.2)	8.6 (47.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−3.1 (26.4)	−2.7 (27.1)	−0.1 (31.8)	3.1 (37.6)	7.6 (45.7)	10.6 (51.1)	11.8 (53.2)	11.8 (53.2)	8.5 (47.3)	5.4 (41.7)	0.9 (33.6)	−2.3 (27.9)	4.3 (39.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−17.8 (0.0)	−20.1 (−4.2)	−18.7 (−1.7)	−7.1 (19.2)	−1.9 (28.6)	1.8 (35.2)	3.8 (38.8)	2.7 (36.9)	−2.0 (28.4)	−7.0 (19.4)	−13.6 (7.5)	−20.4 (−4.7)	−20.4 (−4.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	192.7 (7.59)	198.2 (7.80)	187.4 (7.38)	121.7 (4.79)	158.2 (6.23)	115.5 (4.55)	142.9 (5.63)	147.9 (5.82)	117.1 (4.61)	191.0 (7.52)	199.2 (7.84)	229.6 (9.04)	2,001.4 (78.80)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	12.9	12.4	14.1	12.5	13.9	11.5	14.1	13.3	10.5	12.9	15.8	15.1	159.0
Source: Meteociel^[3]