Part of Plouguenast-Langast in Brittany, France
Plouguenast (French pronunciation: [pluɡna]; Breton: Plougonwaz; Gallo: Ploegenas) is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Plouguenast-Langast.[2]
Climate
Plouguenast has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Plouguenast is 11.0 °C (51.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 966.8 mm (38.06 in) with January as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.5 °C (63.5 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.3 °C (41.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Plouguenast was 36.9 °C (98.4 °F) on 9 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.4 °C (9.7 °F) on 2 January 1997.
| Climate data for Plouguenast (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1987−present)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
|
Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
17.4
(63.3)
|
20.7
(69.3)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
26.3
(79.3)
|
29.5
(85.1)
|
32.9
(91.2)
|
35.6
(96.1)
|
36.9
(98.4)
|
30.2
(86.4)
|
27.5
(81.5)
|
19.8
(67.6)
|
15.6
(60.1)
|
36.9
(98.4)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
7.8
(46.0)
|
8.7
(47.7)
|
11.3
(52.3)
|
13.3
(55.9)
|
16.9
(62.4)
|
20.0
(68.0)
|
22.0
(71.6)
|
22.4
(72.3)
|
19.6
(67.3)
|
15.3
(59.5)
|
10.8
(51.4)
|
7.9
(46.2)
|
14.7
(58.5)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
5.3
(41.5)
|
5.8
(42.4)
|
7.8
(46.0)
|
9.3
(48.7)
|
12.6
(54.7)
|
15.3
(59.5)
|
17.2
(63.0)
|
17.5
(63.5)
|
15.1
(59.2)
|
11.9
(53.4)
|
8.0
(46.4)
|
5.4
(41.7)
|
11.0
(51.8)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
2.8
(37.0)
|
2.9
(37.2)
|
4.2
(39.6)
|
5.2
(41.4)
|
8.2
(46.8)
|
10.6
(51.1)
|
12.4
(54.3)
|
12.5
(54.5)
|
10.6
(51.1)
|
8.5
(47.3)
|
5.2
(41.4)
|
3.0
(37.4)
|
7.2
(45.0)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−12.4
(9.7)
|
−11.1
(12.0)
|
−5.6
(21.9)
|
−2.9
(26.8)
|
0.0
(32.0)
|
4.0
(39.2)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
6.1
(43.0)
|
3.5
(38.3)
|
−3.4
(25.9)
|
−5.0
(23.0)
|
−9.0
(15.8)
|
−12.4
(9.7)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
117.1
(4.61)
|
93.3
(3.67)
|
72.7
(2.86)
|
75.5
(2.97)
|
65.1
(2.56)
|
54.2
(2.13)
|
55.2
(2.17)
|
50.6
(1.99)
|
70.1
(2.76)
|
101.0
(3.98)
|
101.3
(3.99)
|
110.7
(4.36)
|
966.8
(38.06)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
15.5
|
13.6
|
12.7
|
12.2
|
10.0
|
8.2
|
9.3
|
8.4
|
9.8
|
13.9
|
14.8
|
14.5
|
142.8
|
| Source: Météo France[3]
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Population
Historical population| Year | | |
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| 1968 | 1,943 | — |
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| 1975 | 1,865 | −4.0% |
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| 1982 | 1,821 | −2.4% |
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| 1990 | 1,781 | −2.2% |
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| 1999 | 1,720 | −3.4% |
|---|
| 2008 | 1,809 | +5.2% |
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Inhabitants of Plouguenast are called plouguenastais in French.
See also
References
External links
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