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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Île De Batz

The Île de Batz (French pronunciation: [il ba]; Breton: Enez-Vaz) is an island off Roscoff in Brittany, France. Administratively, it is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France.

Climate

Île de Batz has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Île de Batz is 12.0 °C (53.6 °F). The average annual rainfall is 894.4 mm (35.21 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 17.0 °C (62.6 °F), and lowest in February, at around 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Île de Batz was 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) on 18 August 1932; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) on 14 February 1929 and 18 December 1927.

Town Sunshine

(hours/yr)
Rain

(mm/yr)
Snow

(days/yr)
Storm

(days/yr)
Fog

(days/yr)
National average 1,973 770 14 22 40
Île de Batz 1,735.2 872.3 4.0 5.2 26.6
Paris 1,661 637 12 18 10
Nice 2,724 767 1 29 1
Strasbourg 1,693 665 29 29 56
Brest 1,605 1,211 7 12 75
Climate data for Île de Batz (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1917−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 17.7
(63.9)
19.8
(67.6)
24.3
(75.7)
26.8
(80.2)
29.5
(85.1)
31.9
(89.4)
34.0
(93.2)
35.0
(95.0)
31.6
(88.9)
30.2
(86.4)
19.6
(67.3)
18.8
(65.8)
35.0
(95.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 9.9
(49.8)
9.9
(49.8)
11.4
(52.5)
12.6
(54.7)
14.9
(58.8)
17.4
(63.3)
19.3
(66.7)
19.7
(67.5)
18.4
(65.1)
15.9
(60.6)
12.8
(55.0)
10.7
(51.3)
14.4
(57.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 7.9
(46.2)
7.7
(45.9)
9.0
(48.2)
10.0
(50.0)
12.4
(54.3)
14.7
(58.5)
16.6
(61.9)
17.0
(62.6)
15.8
(60.4)
13.5
(56.3)
10.6
(51.1)
8.6
(47.5)
12.0
(53.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 5.8
(42.4)
5.5
(41.9)
6.7
(44.1)
7.5
(45.5)
9.8
(49.6)
12.1
(53.8)
13.9
(57.0)
14.2
(57.6)
13.1
(55.6)
11.1
(52.0)
8.4
(47.1)
6.4
(43.5)
9.6
(49.3)
Record low °C (°F) −9.2
(15.4)
−10.0
(14.0)
−4.2
(24.4)
−1.0
(30.2)
0.8
(33.4)
4.0
(39.2)
6.0
(42.8)
6.4
(43.5)
4.4
(39.9)
1.0
(33.8)
−4.4
(24.1)
−10.0
(14.0)
−10.0
(14.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 101.7
(4.00)
81.9
(3.22)
71.2
(2.80)
65.7
(2.59)
61.3
(2.41)
48.5
(1.91)
45.5
(1.79)
48.2
(1.90)
54.5
(2.15)
97.0
(3.82)
102.5
(4.04)
116.4
(4.58)
894.4
(35.21)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 16.1 12.6 12.8 11.9 10.3 8.3 8.3 8.5 8.9 13.9 15.8 17.0 144.3
Average relative humidity (%) 83 82 82 82 84 84 85 85 85 84 82 83 83.4
Mean monthly sunshine hours 59.1 85.0 127.3 172.5 215.8 210.7 234.3 211.5 167.6 121.2 75.1 55.1 1,735.2
Source: Meteociel, Infoclimat.fr (humidity and sunshine 1961-1990)

Population

Inhabitants of Île-de-Batz are called in French Batziens or Îliens.

At the census of 1999 the island had a population of 575, and in 2005 it had an estimated population of 594.

Sights

The lighthouse of l'île de Batz

See also