Les Déserts
Les Déserts (French pronunciation: [le dezɛʁ]) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Geography
Climate
Les Déserts has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) closely bordering on a subarctic climate (Dfc). The average annual temperature in Les Déserts is 6.2 °C (43.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,652.2 mm (65.05 in) with December as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 14.6 °C (58.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around −1.3 °C (29.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Déserts was 32.5 °C (90.5 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −24.0 °C (−11.2 °F) on 5 February 2012.
| Climate data for Les Déserts (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1993−present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
1.5 (34.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.9 (46.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
9.7 (49.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
1.9 (35.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.8 (−1.8) |
−24 (−11) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−10.8 (12.6) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−24.0 (−11.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 136.7 (5.38) |
116.1 (4.57) |
124.7 (4.91) |
128.3 (5.05) |
155.1 (6.11) |
137.6 (5.42) |
138.7 (5.46) |
136.6 (5.38) |
141.9 (5.59) |
137.6 (5.42) |
143.6 (5.65) |
155.3 (6.11) |
1,652.2 (65.05) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.9 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 13.1 | 11.6 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 135.4 |
| Source: Météo-France | |||||||||||||