Montclus, Gard

Commune in Occitania, France

Montclus
Commune
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Coordinates: 44°15′41′′N 4°25′14′′E / 44.2614°N 4.4205°E / 44.2614; 4.4205
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Pont-Saint-Esprit
Intercommunality	CA Gard Rhodanien
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Benoit Trichot^[1]
Area ¹	21.88 km² (8.45 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	177
• Density	8.1/km² (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30175 /30630
Elevation	76–329 m (249–1,079 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montclus is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.

Geography

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Climate

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Montclus has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Montclus is 13.7 °C (56.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 951.2 mm (37.45 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montclus was 43.8 °C (110.8 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.0 °C (6.8 °F) on 16 January 1985.

Climate data for Montclus (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	23.9 (75.0)	25.9 (78.6)	28.0 (82.4)	31.2 (88.2)	36.3 (97.3)	43.8 (110.8)	41.3 (106.3)	42.9 (109.2)	37.7 (99.9)	32.0 (89.6)	24.6 (76.3)	21.0 (69.8)	43.8 (110.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	10.3 (50.5)	12.2 (54.0)	16.6 (61.9)	19.6 (67.3)	23.7 (74.7)	28.3 (82.9)	31.6 (88.9)	31.2 (88.2)	25.8 (78.4)	20.0 (68.0)	14.2 (57.6)	10.7 (51.3)	20.4 (68.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.2 (41.4)	6.2 (43.2)	9.7 (49.5)	12.5 (54.5)	16.4 (61.5)	20.5 (68.9)	23.2 (73.8)	22.9 (73.2)	18.6 (65.5)	14.3 (57.7)	9.1 (48.4)	5.8 (42.4)	13.7 (56.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.0 (32.0)	0.2 (32.4)	2.8 (37.0)	5.5 (41.9)	9.1 (48.4)	12.8 (55.0)	14.9 (58.8)	14.7 (58.5)	11.4 (52.5)	8.6 (47.5)	4.0 (39.2)	0.9 (33.6)	7.1 (44.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−14.0 (6.8)	−10.9 (12.4)	−13.1 (8.4)	−5.5 (22.1)	−2.0 (28.4)	3.0 (37.4)	6.0 (42.8)	5.0 (41.0)	1.0 (33.8)	−4.0 (24.8)	−9.0 (15.8)	−11.4 (11.5)	−14.0 (6.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	76.8 (3.02)	48.8 (1.92)	54.9 (2.16)	75.4 (2.97)	75.2 (2.96)	49.9 (1.96)	44.4 (1.75)	59.8 (2.35)	132.4 (5.21)	131.6 (5.18)	134.1 (5.28)	67.9 (2.67)	951.2 (37.45)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.5	5.2	5.2	7.4	7.5	5.4	4.1	4.8	6.0	7.9	8.2	6.7	75.0
Source: Météo-France ^[3]