Octon, Hérault
(avg. 125 m or 410 ft)
Octon (French pronunciation: [ɔktɔ̃]; Occitan: Auton) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Geography
Climate
Octon has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Octon is 14.9 °C (58.8 °F). The average annual rainfall is 942.8 mm (37.12 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.7 °C (74.7 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.2 °C (45.0 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Octon was 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −7.2 °C (19.0 °F) on 28 February 2018.
Climate data for Octon (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1998−present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 31.9 (89.4) | 34.7 (94.5) | 39.8 (103.6) | 37.6 (99.7) | 40.6 (105.1) | 36.5 (97.7) | 31.8 (89.2) | 25.7 (78.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 40.6 (105.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 27.5 (81.5) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 14.1 (57.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 19.6 (67.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.6 (70.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 19.4 (66.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 14.9 (58.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) | 3.8 (38.8) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.2 (54.0) | 15.8 (60.4) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 11.7 (53.1) | 6.9 (44.4) | 3.9 (39.0) | 10.2 (50.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) | −7.2 (19.0) | −6.9 (19.6) | 1.7 (35.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | 8.1 (46.6) | 9.6 (49.3) | 11.1 (52.0) | 5.7 (42.3) | −1.0 (30.2) | −5.5 (22.1) | −5.8 (21.6) | −7.2 (19.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 87.2 (3.43) | 86.1 (3.39) | 53.4 (2.10) | 86.8 (3.42) | 67.3 (2.65) | 43.3 (1.70) | 22.9 (0.90) | 43.0 (1.69) | 88.5 (3.48) | 144.5 (5.69) | 116.2 (4.57) | 103.6 (4.08) | 942.8 (37.12) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.5 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 69.9 |
Source: Meteociel[3] |
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1962 | 220 | — |
1968 | 253 | +15.0% |
1975 | 220 | −13.0% |
1982 | 243 | +10.5% |
1990 | 350 | +44.0% |
1999 | 397 | +13.4% |
2008 | 427 | +7.6% |
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Normales et records pour Octon (34)". Meteociel. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
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