Val Buëch-Méouge

Val Buëch-Méouge
Commune
Location of Val Buëch-Méouge
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Val Buëch-Méouge is located in France
Val Buëch-Méouge
Val Buëch-Méouge
Val Buëch-Méouge is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Val Buëch-Méouge
Val Buëch-Méouge
Coordinates: 44°13′52″N 5°51′22″E / 44.231°N 5.856°E / 44.231; 5.856
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentHautes-Alpes
ArrondissementGap
CantonLaragne-Montéglin
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gérard Nicolas[1]
Area
1
68.48 km2 (26.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,319
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
05118 /05300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Val Buëch-Méouge (French pronunciation: [la bɥɛʃ meuʒ]) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department of southeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Ribiers, Châteauneuf-de-Chabre and Antonaves.[3]

Geography

Climate

Val Buëch-Méouge has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csb). The average annual temperature in Val Buëch-Méouge is 11.7 °C (53.1 °F). The average annual rainfall is 913.5 mm (35.96 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.6 °C (70.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Val Buëch-Méouge was 40.9 °C (105.6 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.4 °C (4.3 °F) on 12 January 1987.

Climate data for Ribiers, Val Buëch-Méouge (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1986−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.2
(68.4) 		23.3
(73.9) 		26.3
(79.3) 		29.0
(84.2) 		32.4
(90.3) 		40.9
(105.6) 		38.2
(100.8) 		38.9
(102.0) 		33.4
(92.1) 		29.8
(85.6) 		20.8
(69.4) 		17.6
(63.7) 		40.9
(105.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.9
(44.4) 		10.2
(50.4) 		14.7
(58.5) 		17.1
(62.8) 		22.1
(71.8) 		26.3
(79.3) 		29.7
(85.5) 		29.3
(84.7) 		23.9
(75.0) 		18.3
(64.9) 		11.3
(52.3) 		6.7
(44.1) 		18.1
(64.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8) 		4.3
(39.7) 		8.1
(46.6) 		10.6
(51.1) 		15.1
(59.2) 		18.7
(65.7) 		21.6
(70.9) 		21.3
(70.3) 		16.8
(62.2) 		12.5
(54.5) 		6.5
(43.7) 		2.5
(36.5) 		11.7
(53.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −2.6
(27.3) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		1.5
(34.7) 		4.1
(39.4) 		8.1
(46.6) 		11.2
(52.2) 		13.4
(56.1) 		13.3
(55.9) 		9.8
(49.6) 		6.7
(44.1) 		1.7
(35.1) 		−1.7
(28.9) 		5.4
(41.7)
Record low °C (°F) −15.4
(4.3) 		−13.9
(7.0) 		−12.0
(10.4) 		−4.5
(23.9) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		1.5
(34.7) 		6.2
(43.2) 		5.5
(41.9) 		0.3
(32.5) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		−10.3
(13.5) 		−14.1
(6.6) 		−15.4
(4.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 73.5
(2.89) 		47.6
(1.87) 		51.8
(2.04) 		91.9
(3.62) 		78.1
(3.07) 		62.7
(2.47) 		36.0
(1.42) 		51.5
(2.03) 		93.9
(3.70) 		123.5
(4.86) 		119.5
(4.70) 		83.5
(3.29) 		913.5
(35.96)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 6.6 5.3 5.7 9.0 8.2 6.5 4.2 4.7 5.9 8.8 7.6 7.5 80.2
Source: Meteociel[4]

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Arrêté préfectoral 27 August 2015 (in French)
  4. ^ "Normales et records pour Ribiers-Grange (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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