Chindrieux
# Chindrieux

Chindrieux (French pronunciation: ​) is commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

It lies near Lake Bourget.

## Geography

### World Heritage Site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.

### Climate

Chindrieux has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) closely bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cfa). The average annual temperature in Chindrieux is 11.9 °C (53.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,233.9 mm (48.58 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 21.6 °C (70.9 °F), and lowest in January, at around 2.6 °C (36.7 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Chindrieux was 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) on 12 August 2003; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −19.5 °C (−3.1 °F) on 7 January 1985.

Climate data for Chindrieux (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1982−2015) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 36.5 (97.7) | 37.6 (99.7) | 40.7 (105.3) | 31.8 (89.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 40.7 (105.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.0 (46.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 24.6 (76.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 26.7 (80.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 6.3 (43.3) | 16.6 (61.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.9 (46.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.0 (66.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 6.7 (44.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.0 (37.4) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.1 (59.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 8.6 (47.5) | 3.4 (38.1) | 0.5 (32.9) | 7.3 (45.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −11.9 (10.6) | −9.3 (15.3) | −3.6 (25.5) | −1.2 (29.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 2.0 (35.6) | −3.0 (26.6) | −7.0 (19.4) | −11.1 (12.0) | −19.5 (−3.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 95.6 (3.76) | 89.6 (3.53) | 93.4 (3.68) | 96.5 (3.80) | 102.9 (4.05) | 100.9 (3.97) | 78.5 (3.09) | 93.6 (3.69) | 118.6 (4.67) | 130.7 (5.15) | 122.1 (4.81) | 111.5 (4.39) | 1,233.9 (48.58) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 10.6 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 120.3 |
| Source: Météo-France ||||||||||||||
