Commune in Occitania, France
Soumont (French pronunciation: [sumɔ̃]; Occitan: Somont) is a commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France.
Geography
Climate
Soumont has a mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Soumont is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 981.6 mm (38.65 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.3 °C (73.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 7.3 °C (45.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Soumont was 42.6 °C (108.7 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −8.0 °C (17.6 °F) on 5 February 2012.
| Climate data for Soumont (1981–2010 averages, extremes 1991−present)
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| Month
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Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
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Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
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Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Record high °C (°F)
|
20.9
(69.6)
|
23.7
(74.7)
|
27.9
(82.2)
|
30.9
(87.6)
|
34.3
(93.7)
|
42.6
(108.7)
|
41.5
(106.7)
|
40.8
(105.4)
|
36.2
(97.2)
|
31.5
(88.7)
|
24.9
(76.8)
|
20.6
(69.1)
|
42.6
(108.7)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
11.4
(52.5)
|
14.9
(58.8)
|
17.3
(63.1)
|
21.7
(71.1)
|
26.0
(78.8)
|
29.0
(84.2)
|
28.8
(83.8)
|
23.7
(74.7)
|
18.9
(66.0)
|
13.7
(56.7)
|
10.6
(51.1)
|
18.9
(66.0)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
7.3
(45.1)
|
7.8
(46.0)
|
10.6
(51.1)
|
12.8
(55.0)
|
16.9
(62.4)
|
20.7
(69.3)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
23.3
(73.9)
|
18.9
(66.0)
|
15.4
(59.7)
|
10.5
(50.9)
|
7.7
(45.9)
|
14.6
(58.3)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
4.2
(39.6)
|
4.2
(39.6)
|
6.4
(43.5)
|
8.4
(47.1)
|
12.1
(53.8)
|
15.4
(59.7)
|
17.7
(63.9)
|
17.8
(64.0)
|
14.2
(57.6)
|
11.9
(53.4)
|
7.3
(45.1)
|
4.7
(40.5)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−6.6
(20.1)
|
−8.0
(17.6)
|
−6.2
(20.8)
|
−0.2
(31.6)
|
3.7
(38.7)
|
7.8
(46.0)
|
10.9
(51.6)
|
11.9
(53.4)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
−3.0
(26.6)
|
−4.6
(23.7)
|
−6.5
(20.3)
|
−8.0
(17.6)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
103.1
(4.06)
|
66.4
(2.61)
|
52.2
(2.06)
|
90.1
(3.55)
|
76.7
(3.02)
|
48.9
(1.93)
|
29.8
(1.17)
|
40.7
(1.60)
|
102.4
(4.03)
|
142.8
(5.62)
|
103.4
(4.07)
|
125.1
(4.93)
|
981.6
(38.65)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)
|
8.4
|
6.2
|
5.8
|
8.0
|
8.0
|
5.0
|
3.7
|
4.9
|
6.1
|
9.4
|
7.7
|
7.7
|
80.7
|
| Source: Meteociel[3][4]
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