Part of Val-Cenis in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Termignon is a former commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Val-Cenis.[2] It is ideally located in the Maurienne region with good transport links in and out of Modane, Lyon, Geneva and Chambéry.
Geography
Climate
Termignon has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). The average annual temperature in Termignon is 7.4 °C (45.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 659.1 mm (25.95 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 16.5 °C (61.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.5 °C (29.3 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Termignon was 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −27.4 °C (−17.3 °F) on 3 February 1956.
| Climate data for Termignon (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1934−present)
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
16.2
(61.2)
|
18.8
(65.8)
|
21.0
(69.8)
|
27.0
(80.6)
|
29.3
(84.7)
|
34.7
(94.5)
|
34.3
(93.7)
|
34.3
(93.7)
|
30.0
(86.0)
|
27.5
(81.5)
|
21.5
(70.7)
|
15.1
(59.2)
|
34.7
(94.5)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
3.5
(38.3)
|
5.1
(41.2)
|
9.1
(48.4)
|
12.4
(54.3)
|
16.8
(62.2)
|
21.2
(70.2)
|
23.7
(74.7)
|
23.4
(74.1)
|
18.7
(65.7)
|
14.4
(57.9)
|
8.0
(46.4)
|
3.6
(38.5)
|
13.3
(55.9)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
−1.5
(29.3)
|
−0.6
(30.9)
|
3.3
(37.9)
|
6.6
(43.9)
|
10.8
(51.4)
|
14.5
(58.1)
|
16.5
(61.7)
|
16.3
(61.3)
|
12.4
(54.3)
|
8.4
(47.1)
|
3.1
(37.6)
|
−0.8
(30.6)
|
7.4
(45.3)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−6.4
(20.5)
|
−6.2
(20.8)
|
−2.4
(27.7)
|
0.8
(33.4)
|
4.7
(40.5)
|
7.8
(46.0)
|
9.4
(48.9)
|
9.2
(48.6)
|
6.1
(43.0)
|
2.5
(36.5)
|
−1.8
(28.8)
|
−5.3
(22.5)
|
1.5
(34.7)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−24.0
(−11.2)
|
−27.4
(−17.3)
|
−20.2
(−4.4)
|
−12.6
(9.3)
|
−7.8
(18.0)
|
−2.7
(27.1)
|
−1.5
(29.3)
|
−1.6
(29.1)
|
−4.9
(23.2)
|
−9.8
(14.4)
|
−17.9
(−0.2)
|
−21.0
(−5.8)
|
−27.4
(−17.3)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
54.2
(2.13)
|
41.2
(1.62)
|
44.8
(1.76)
|
50.3
(1.98)
|
65.7
(2.59)
|
56.6
(2.23)
|
46.5
(1.83)
|
51.3
(2.02)
|
50.8
(2.00)
|
61.2
(2.41)
|
72.3
(2.85)
|
64.2
(2.53)
|
659.1
(25.95)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
7.2
|
6.9
|
6.8
|
7.2
|
8.7
|
8.5
|
7.8
|
7.9
|
7.2
|
7.2
|
8.3
|
8.5
|
92.2
|
| Source: Météo-France[3]
|
Economy
The famous but rare and expensive Bleu de Termignon cheese is made in Termignon.
See also
References
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