Varages
Varages | |
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Coordinates: 43°35′54″N 5°57′39″E / 43.5983°N 5.9608°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Var |
Arrondissement | Brignoles |
Canton | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Guy Partage[1] |
Area 1 | 35.11 km2 (13.56 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,164 |
• Density | 33/km2 (86/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 83145 /83670 |
Elevation | 259–573 m (850–1,880 ft) (avg. 304 m or 997 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Varages (French pronunciation: [vaʁaʒ]; Occitan: Varatge) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
It is known for its vineyards and ceramic dinnerware.[3]
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Varages has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Varages is 14.3 °C (57.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 786.8 mm (30.98 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.0 °C (75.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.1 °C (43.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Varages was 44.5 °C (112.1 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −12.5 °C (9.5 °F) on 2 March 2005.
Climate data for Varages (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1988−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 28.0 (82.4) | 30.7 (87.3) | 33.9 (93.0) | 44.5 (112.1) | 40.4 (104.7) | 42.1 (107.8) | 35.4 (95.7) | 31.8 (89.2) | 24.6 (76.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 44.5 (112.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.1 (52.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.9 (75.0) | 28.7 (83.7) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.9 (89.4) | 26.2 (79.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 14.7 (58.5) | 11.3 (52.3) | 20.8 (69.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 21.4 (70.5) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.7 (74.7) | 19.1 (66.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 6.5 (43.7) | 14.3 (57.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) | 0.7 (33.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.6 (60.1) | 12.0 (53.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | 1.7 (35.1) | 7.9 (46.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −9.2 (15.4) | −10.6 (12.9) | −12.5 (9.5) | −5.3 (22.5) | 0.3 (32.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 7.6 (45.7) | 2.9 (37.2) | −4.2 (24.4) | −7.9 (17.8) | −9.1 (15.6) | −12.5 (9.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 60.5 (2.38) | 42.2 (1.66) | 45.0 (1.77) | 75.1 (2.96) | 73.3 (2.89) | 55.4 (2.18) | 28.3 (1.11) | 37.9 (1.49) | 90.9 (3.58) | 96.0 (3.78) | 118.0 (4.65) | 64.2 (2.53) | 786.8 (30.98) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 6.7 | 69.9 |
Source: Météo-France[4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Michael Fox, Deborah Kaufman, and Alan Snitow, Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water (Wiley_Default, 2007), 208.
- ^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
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