Vérargues
# Vérargues

Vérargues (French pronunciation: ​; Provençal: Verargas) is a former commune in the Hérault department in the Occitanie region in southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Entre-Vignes.

## Climate

The climate is hot-summer Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa). The average annual temperature in Vérargues is 14.6 °C (58.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 743.9 mm (29.29 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.8 °C (74.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 6.5 °C (43.7 °F). On 28 June 2019, during the 2019 European heat wave, a temperature of 46.0 °C (114.8 °F) was recorded in Vérargues, the highest in French meteorological history.

Climate data for Vérargues, elevation: 56 m (184 ft), 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1980–present :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) | 25.0 (77.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 33.0 (91.4) | 36.0 (96.8) | 46.0 (114.8) | 39.0 (102.2) | 41.5 (106.7) | 37.5 (99.5) | 33.5 (92.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 46.0 (114.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 12.6 (54.7) | 16.0 (60.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 27.5 (81.5) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.3 (86.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 14.9 (58.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 20.3 (68.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 10.4 (50.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.4 (74.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.2 (50.4) | 7.2 (45.0) | 14.6 (58.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 2.3 (36.1) | 4.8 (40.6) | 7.3 (45.1) | 11.1 (52.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 16.6 (61.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 5.5 (41.9) | 2.8 (37.0) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) | −12.0 (10.4) | −8.0 (17.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | 2.0 (35.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.0 (46.4) | 6.5 (43.7) | 3.0 (37.4) | −1.5 (29.3) | −6.0 (21.2) | −10.0 (14.0) | −13.5 (7.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 60.7 (2.39) | 50.9 (2.00) | 40.5 (1.59) | 65.4 (2.57) | 54.2 (2.13) | 30.6 (1.20) | 23.4 (0.92) | 43.6 (1.72) | 103.0 (4.06) | 114.2 (4.50) | 86.3 (3.40) | 73.8 (2.91) | 743.9 (29.29) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 67.4 |
| Source: Meteo France ||||||||||||||
