Berus
Geography and climate
The old centre of the village is situated on a spur of the Saargau overlooking the Saar valley, on the very border to Lorraine (France). The highest position is on 377 m absolute altitude. (Sauberg/French broadcast station Europe 1)
Berus has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The average annual temperature in Berus is 9.9 °C (49.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 828.3 mm (32.61 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.9 °C (66.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.5 °C (34.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Berus was 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −20.7 °C (−5.3 °F) on 2 February 1956.
| Climate data for Berus (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
30.8 (87.4) |
35.5 (95.9) |
38.2 (100.8) |
37.8 (100.0) |
32.4 (90.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
38.2 (100.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
4.3 (39.7) |
13.9 (57.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.9 (42.6) |
9.7 (49.5) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
9.9 (49.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.4 (0.7) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
1.6 (34.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 79.7 (3.14) |
64.6 (2.54) |
57.6 (2.27) |
44.6 (1.76) |
68.7 (2.70) |
67.3 (2.65) |
64.3 (2.53) |
65.6 (2.58) |
63.3 (2.49) |
73.5 (2.89) |
73.6 (2.90) |
94.6 (3.72) |
828.3 (32.61) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 18.5 | 16.3 | 15.2 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 12.6 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 19.1 | 182.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 89.0 | 83.8 | 75.4 | 69.4 | 71.9 | 71.2 | 68.4 | 71.0 | 76.8 | 86.3 | 90.8 | 91.2 | 77.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 52.2 | 81.7 | 138.9 | 190.0 | 212.3 | 220.5 | 241.6 | 218.1 | 168.2 | 102.4 | 51.4 | 45.3 | 1,730.9 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: DWD (extremes) | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Berus Climate Normals 1991–2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Extremwertanalyse der DWD-Stationen, Tagesmaxima, Dekadenrekorde, usw" (in German). DWD. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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