Commune in Pays de la Loire, France
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃t ʒɛm la plɛn]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.
Geography
Climate
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine is 13.0 °C (55.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 809.1 mm (31.85 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 20.1 °C (68.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.4 °C (43.5 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine was 41.7 °C (107.1 °F) on 18 July 2022; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) on 15 January 1985.
| Climate data for Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1952−present)
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| Month
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Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
16.4
(61.5)
|
22.5
(72.5)
|
25.5
(77.9)
|
30.0
(86.0)
|
35.0
(95.0)
|
39.8
(103.6)
|
41.7
(107.1)
|
39.7
(103.5)
|
35.8
(96.4)
|
30.8
(87.4)
|
22.9
(73.2)
|
19.8
(67.6)
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41.7
(107.1)
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
9.6
(49.3)
|
10.8
(51.4)
|
14.1
(57.4)
|
16.8
(62.2)
|
20.5
(68.9)
|
24.0
(75.2)
|
26.1
(79.0)
|
26.3
(79.3)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
18.5
(65.3)
|
13.4
(56.1)
|
10.1
(50.2)
|
17.8
(64.0)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
6.4
(43.5)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
9.4
(48.9)
|
11.6
(52.9)
|
15.2
(59.4)
|
18.4
(65.1)
|
20.1
(68.2)
|
20.1
(68.2)
|
17.3
(63.1)
|
14.0
(57.2)
|
9.6
(49.3)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
13.0
(55.4)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
3.3
(37.9)
|
2.9
(37.2)
|
4.7
(40.5)
|
6.4
(43.5)
|
9.9
(49.8)
|
12.7
(54.9)
|
14.0
(57.2)
|
13.9
(57.0)
|
11.4
(52.5)
|
9.4
(48.9)
|
5.8
(42.4)
|
3.5
(38.3)
|
8.2
(46.8)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−15.0
(5.0)
|
−13.8
(7.2)
|
−9.1
(15.6)
|
−5.0
(23.0)
|
−1.8
(28.8)
|
1.9
(35.4)
|
4.0
(39.2)
|
4.5
(40.1)
|
0.5
(32.9)
|
−2.0
(28.4)
|
−8.0
(17.6)
|
−11.0
(12.2)
|
−15.0
(5.0)
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| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
81.9
(3.22)
|
60.8
(2.39)
|
60.6
(2.39)
|
60.9
(2.40)
|
58.1
(2.29)
|
41.3
(1.63)
|
44.1
(1.74)
|
47.4
(1.87)
|
70.6
(2.78)
|
94.8
(3.73)
|
94.4
(3.72)
|
94.2
(3.71)
|
809.1
(31.85)
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| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
12.6
|
9.8
|
9.8
|
10.0
|
9.4
|
7.2
|
6.8
|
6.5
|
7.6
|
11.8
|
12.4
|
13.0
|
117.0
|
| Source: Météo-France[3]
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