Vitrolles, Hautes-Alpes

Vitrolles
Vitrolles
Commune
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	Location of Vitrolles
	Vitrolles Vitrolles
	Coordinates: 44°24′47″N 5°57′17″E / 44.4131°N 5.9547°E
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Hautes-Alpes
Arrondissement	Gap
Canton	Tallard
Intercommunality	CA Gap-Tallard-Durance
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claudie Joubert
Area 1	14.62 km2 (5.64 sq mi)
Population (2021)	214
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	05184 /05110
Elevation	545–1,455 m (1,788–4,774 ft) ; (avg. 760 m or 2,490 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vitrolles (French pronunciation: [vitʁɔl]; Occitan: Vitròla) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

Geography

Climate

Vitrolles has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Vitrolles is 11.8 °C (53.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 763.6 mm (30.06 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.1 °C (70.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C (36.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Vitrolles was 38.6 °C (101.5 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.1 °C (4.8 °F) on 7 February 2012.

Climate data for Vitrolles (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1997−2012)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	21.8 (71.2)	21.3 (70.3)	26.2 (79.2)	30.2 (86.4)	32.0 (89.6)	36.0 (96.8)	36.2 (97.2)	38.6 (101.5)	32.9 (91.2)	30.0 (86.0)	21.2 (70.2)	18.3 (64.9)	38.6 (101.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.9 (46.2)	10.5 (50.9)	14.9 (58.8)	17.7 (63.9)	22.4 (72.3)	26.7 (80.1)	29.1 (84.4)	28.7 (83.7)	23.9 (75.0)	18.8 (65.8)	12.1 (53.8)	7.8 (46.0)	18.4 (65.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	2.6 (36.7)	4.2 (39.6)	8.0 (46.4)	10.9 (51.6)	15.3 (59.5)	19.1 (66.4)	21.1 (70.0)	20.9 (69.6)	16.9 (62.4)	12.6 (54.7)	6.7 (44.1)	2.9 (37.2)	11.8 (53.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−2.7 (27.1)	−2.1 (28.2)	1.2 (34.2)	4.0 (39.2)	8.3 (46.9)	11.6 (52.9)	13.2 (55.8)	13.2 (55.8)	9.8 (49.6)	6.4 (43.5)	1.3 (34.3)	−2.0 (28.4)	5.2 (41.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−11.7 (10.9)	−15.1 (4.8)	−11.7 (10.9)	−3.3 (26.1)	−0.7 (30.7)	1.8 (35.2)	5.4 (41.7)	5.5 (41.9)	1.8 (35.2)	−4.4 (24.1)	−9.2 (15.4)	−13.5 (7.7)	−15.1 (4.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	57.5 (2.26)	44.6 (1.76)	52.8 (2.08)	72.3 (2.85)	67.6 (2.66)	49.3 (1.94)	31.2 (1.23)	44.0 (1.73)	79.1 (3.11)	101.3 (3.99)	91.7 (3.61)	72.2 (2.84)	763.6 (30.06)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.8	4.6	6.9	8.4	8.2	5.8	4.6	5.1	5.6	7.9	8.1	7.4	79.4
Source: Meteociel^[3]