Artigues, Hautes-Pyrénées
# Artigues, Hautes-Pyrénées

Artigues (French pronunciation: (listen); Occitan: Artigas) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France.

It is a small village retaining traditional architecture of the region. The commune is at the end of a steep dead-end road from the outskirts of Luchon.

## Geography

### Climate

Artigues has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Artigues is 7.7 °C (45.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,220.8 mm (48.06 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 14.6 °C (58.3 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.2 °C (34.2 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Artigues was 33.0 °C (91.4 °F) on 1 July 2015; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −20.0 °C (−4.0 °F) on 9 January 1985.

Climate data for Artigues (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1959−2015) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 30.0 (86.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 33.0 (91.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.1 (46.6) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.8 (55.0) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.7 (65.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 7.9 (46.2) | 5.0 (41.0) | 11.4 (52.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 1.9 (35.4) | 4.1 (39.4) | 5.6 (42.1) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.4 (54.3) | 14.6 (58.3) | 14.6 (58.3) | 12.3 (54.1) | 9.6 (49.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 2.1 (35.8) | 7.7 (45.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) | −1.6 (29.1) | 0.1 (32.2) | 1.8 (35.2) | 5.2 (41.4) | 8.5 (47.3) | 10.4 (50.7) | 10.6 (51.1) | 8.4 (47.1) | 5.8 (42.4) | 1.7 (35.1) | −0.9 (30.4) | 4.0 (39.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −16.1 (3.0) | −15.0 (5.0) | −10.0 (14.0) | −5.0 (23.0) | −2.0 (28.4) | 1.8 (35.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | −2.0 (28.4) | −7.0 (19.4) | −11.0 (12.2) | −15.0 (5.0) | −20.0 (−4.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 118.4 (4.66) | 85.4 (3.36) | 96.9 (3.81) | 112.3 (4.42) | 113.4 (4.46) | 93.9 (3.70) | 73.3 (2.89) | 77.7 (3.06) | 88.9 (3.50) | 104.5 (4.11) | 134.7 (5.30) | 121.4 (4.78) | 1,220.8 (48.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.9 | 10.7 | 12.2 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 13.0 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 148.4 |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||
