Vestric-et-Candiac

Commune in Occitania, France

Vestric-et-Candiac
Commune
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Coordinates: 43°44′28′′N 4°15′35′′E / 43.7411°N 4.2597°E / 43.7411; 4.2597
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Nîmes
Canton	Vauvert
Intercommunality	Rhôny Vistre Vidourle
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-François Laurent^[1]
Area ¹	10.92 km² (4.22 sq mi)
Population (2022)^[2]	1,345
• Density	120/km² (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30347 /30600
Elevation	12–83 m (39–272 ft) (avg. 16 m or 52 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vestric-et-Candiac (French pronunciation: [vɛstʁikekɑ̃djak] ; Occitan: Vestric e Candiac) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

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Climate

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Vestric-et-Candiac has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Vestric-et-Candiac is 14.9 °C (58.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 700.5 mm (27.58 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 24.1 °C (75.4 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.7 °C (44.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vestric-et-Candiac was 45.4 °C (113.7 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.0 °C (6.8 °F) on 15 January 1985.

Climate data for Vestric-et-Candiac (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1966−2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.8 (71.2)	25.3 (77.5)	29.0 (84.2)	32.5 (90.5)	36.0 (96.8)	45.4 (113.7)	39.0 (102.2)	41.0 (105.8)	36.2 (97.2)	32.5 (90.5)	26.5 (79.7)	21.0 (69.8)	45.4 (113.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	11.3 (52.3)	12.6 (54.7)	16.3 (61.3)	18.9 (66.0)	23.2 (73.8)	27.6 (81.7)	30.8 (87.4)	30.4 (86.7)	25.8 (78.4)	20.7 (69.3)	14.9 (58.8)	11.6 (52.9)	20.4 (68.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.7 (44.1)	7.6 (45.7)	10.7 (51.3)	13.3 (55.9)	17.3 (63.1)	21.2 (70.2)	24.1 (75.4)	23.8 (74.8)	19.9 (67.8)	15.8 (60.4)	10.4 (50.7)	7.4 (45.3)	14.9 (58.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.0 (35.6)	2.5 (36.5)	5.1 (41.2)	7.7 (45.9)	11.4 (52.5)	14.8 (58.6)	17.4 (63.3)	17.3 (63.1)	13.9 (57.0)	10.9 (51.6)	5.8 (42.4)	3.2 (37.8)	9.4 (48.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−14.0 (6.8)	−8.5 (16.7)	−6.5 (20.3)	−2.1 (28.2)	0.0 (32.0)	5.8 (42.4)	8.5 (47.3)	8.0 (46.4)	3.5 (38.3)	−1.5 (29.3)	−6.1 (21.0)	−9.0 (15.8)	−14.0 (6.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	57.2 (2.25)	46.0 (1.81)	37.3 (1.47)	58.7 (2.31)	46.9 (1.85)	32.0 (1.26)	22.1 (0.87)	44.0 (1.73)	99.4 (3.91)	113.1 (4.45)	79.7 (3.14)	64.1 (2.52)	700.5 (27.58)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	5.9	4.8	4.9	6.7	5.5	3.9	2.3	3.7	4.8	7.0	6.7	6.1	62.4
Source: Météo-France ^[3]