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Ceillac
Ceillac
Commune
	A view of Ceillac from the nearby hillside
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ceillac
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	Coordinates: 44°40′05″N 6°46′39″E / 44.6681°N 6.7775°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Briançon
Canton	Guillestre
Intercommunality	Guillestrois et Queyras
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emile Chabrand
Area 1	96.05 km2 (37.09 sq mi)
Population (2021)	277
• Density	2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	05026 /05600
Elevation	1,224–3,381 m (4,016–11,093 ft) ; (avg. 1,640 m or 5,380 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ceillac (French pronunciation: [sɛjak]; Occitan: Celhac) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

Geography

Climate

Ceillac has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Ceillac is 6.2 °C (43.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 761.6 mm (29.98 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 15.4 °C (59.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.5 °C (29.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Ceillac was 31.6 °C (88.9 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −24.0 °C (−11.2 °F) on 10 February 1986.

Climate data for Ceillac (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1951−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	14.5 (58.1)	16.5 (61.7)	19.5 (67.1)	22.5 (72.5)	25.0 (77.0)	31.6 (88.9)	31.0 (87.8)	29.7 (85.5)	29.3 (84.7)	24.0 (75.2)	20.2 (68.4)	16.7 (62.1)	31.6 (88.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	3.0 (37.4)	3.8 (38.8)	6.7 (44.1)	9.3 (48.7)	14.0 (57.2)	18.2 (64.8)	21.7 (71.1)	21.1 (70.0)	16.8 (62.2)	12.0 (53.6)	6.5 (43.7)	3.3 (37.9)	11.4 (52.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.5 (29.3)	−1.2 (29.8)	1.6 (34.9)	4.2 (39.6)	8.7 (47.7)	12.3 (54.1)	15.4 (59.7)	15.0 (59.0)	11.3 (52.3)	7.2 (45.0)	2.2 (36.0)	−0.8 (30.6)	6.2 (43.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−6.0 (21.2)	−6.2 (20.8)	−3.5 (25.7)	−0.9 (30.4)	3.4 (38.1)	6.5 (43.7)	9.1 (48.4)	8.9 (48.0)	5.7 (42.3)	2.4 (36.3)	−2.1 (28.2)	−4.9 (23.2)	1.1 (34.0)
Record low °C (°F)	−22.0 (−7.6)	−24.0 (−11.2)	−23.0 (−9.4)	−14.0 (6.8)	−15.0 (5.0)	−6.0 (21.2)	−2.0 (28.4)	−2.0 (28.4)	−4.0 (24.8)	−10.0 (14.0)	−16.0 (3.2)	−21.0 (−5.8)	−24.0 (−11.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	47.7 (1.88)	38.0 (1.50)	45.0 (1.77)	72.6 (2.86)	69.9 (2.75)	84.3 (3.32)	56.0 (2.20)	63.3 (2.49)	75.9 (2.99)	86.0 (3.39)	63.7 (2.51)	59.2 (2.33)	761.6 (29.98)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.5	5.6	6.5	8.9	9.8	9.5	6.7	7.4	6.6	8.5	7.1	7.4	90.6
Source: Meteociel^[3]