Val Buëch-Méouge
Val Buëch-Méouge  | |
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Location of Val Buëch-Méouge  | |
![]() Val Buëch-Méouge ![]() Val Buëch-Méouge  | |
| Coordinates: 44°13′52″N 5°51′22″E / 44.231°N 5.856°E | |
| Country | France | 
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 
| Department | Hautes-Alpes | 
| Arrondissement | Gap | 
| Canton | Laragne-Montéglin | 
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gérard Nicolas[1] | 
Area 1  | 68.48 km2 (26.44 sq mi) | 
| Population  (2022)[2]  | 1,342 | 
| • Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+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) | |||||||||||||
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| 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
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
 - ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
 - ^ Arrêté préfectoral Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine 27 August 2015 (in French)
 - ^ "Normales et records pour Ribiers-Grange (05)". Meteociel. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
 
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