Meynes

Commune in Occitania, France

Meynes
Commune
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Coordinates: 43°52′59′′N 4°33′43′′E / 43.883°N 4.5619°E / 43.883; 4.5619
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Redessan
Intercommunality	Pont du Gard
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabrice Fournier^[1]
Area ¹	16.66 km² (6.43 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	2,576
• Density	150/km² (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30166 /30840
Elevation	11–78 m (36–256 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Meynes (French pronunciation: [mɛn] ) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

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Climate

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Meynes has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Meynes is 15.0 °C (59.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 734.5 mm (28.92 in) with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.4 °C (75.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.6 °C (43.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Meynes was 43.5 °C (110.3 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −11.0 °C (12.2 °F) on 15 January 1985.

Climate data for Meynes (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1966−2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.0 (69.8)	25.7 (78.3)	29.4 (84.9)	30.5 (86.9)	35.0 (95.0)	43.5 (110.3)	38.9 (102.0)	41.0 (105.8)	35.8 (96.4)	32.0 (89.6)	27.0 (80.6)	20.5 (68.9)	43.5 (110.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	10.8 (51.4)	12.3 (54.1)	16.1 (61.0)	19.0 (66.2)	23.6 (74.5)	27.9 (82.2)	31.0 (87.8)	30.5 (86.9)	25.8 (78.4)	20.8 (69.4)	14.5 (58.1)	11.1 (52.0)	20.3 (68.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.6 (43.9)	7.6 (45.7)	10.7 (51.3)	13.4 (56.1)	17.6 (63.7)	21.5 (70.7)	24.4 (75.9)	24.0 (75.2)	20.0 (68.0)	15.8 (60.4)	10.3 (50.5)	7.2 (45.0)	15.0 (59.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.3 (36.1)	2.8 (37.0)	5.4 (41.7)	7.7 (45.9)	11.6 (52.9)	15.2 (59.4)	17.8 (64.0)	17.4 (63.3)	14.2 (57.6)	10.8 (51.4)	6.0 (42.8)	3.3 (37.9)	9.6 (49.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−11.0 (12.2)	−8.5 (16.7)	−7.5 (18.5)	−2.5 (27.5)	0.0 (32.0)	5.5 (41.9)	7.5 (45.5)	8.8 (47.8)	5.0 (41.0)	−1.0 (30.2)	−5.7 (21.7)	−9.0 (15.8)	−11.0 (12.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	63.2 (2.49)	45.8 (1.80)	42.5 (1.67)	67.5 (2.66)	56.9 (2.24)	36.1 (1.42)	30.3 (1.19)	41.3 (1.63)	104.9 (4.13)	104.2 (4.10)	80.0 (3.15)	61.8 (2.43)	734.5 (28.92)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	5.5	5.1	4.8	7.0	6.0	4.0	2.7	3.4	5.2	7.4	7.0	6.4	64.5
Source: Météo-France ^[3]