Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines
# Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines

Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (French pronunciation: ​; German: Sankt Kreuz im Lebertal; Alsatian: Sànkriz) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is part of the arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé.

Coal mines were operating in the village until 1849.

## Geography

### Climate

Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines is 10.5 °C (50.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,116.6 mm (43.96 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 18.9 °C (66.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 1.6 °C (34.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines was 39.6 °C (103.3 °F) on 25 July 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −18.2 °C (−0.8 °F) on 20 December 2009.

Climate data for Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (1981–2010 averages, extremes 2000−present) :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) | 22.8 (73.0) | 27.4 (81.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 33.5 (92.3) | 36.9 (98.4) | 39.6 (103.3) | 38.8 (101.8) | 34.2 (93.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.1 (68.2) | 24.2 (75.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.2 (75.6) | 20.4 (68.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 9.9 (49.8) | 5.2 (41.4) | 15.4 (59.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.3 (43.3) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.3 (57.7) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.1 (35.8) | 10.5 (50.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) | −0.8 (30.6) | 1.4 (34.5) | 4.2 (39.6) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 9.2 (48.6) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.5 (36.5) | −1.0 (30.2) | 5.5 (41.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.8 (5.4) | −16.6 (2.1) | −13.8 (7.2) | −7.6 (18.3) | −0.8 (30.6) | 2.8 (37.0) | 5.6 (42.1) | 4.8 (40.6) | 0.9 (33.6) | −4.5 (23.9) | −7.6 (18.3) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −18.2 (−0.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 90.4 (3.56) | 92.7 (3.65) | 96.9 (3.81) | 71.3 (2.81) | 97.6 (3.84) | 71.1 (2.80) | 111.6 (4.39) | 106.1 (4.18) | 79.8 (3.14) | 100.2 (3.94) | 99.8 (3.93) | 99.1 (3.90) | 1,116.6 (43.96) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 11.9 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 11.3 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 9.6 | 12.3 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 149.7 |
| Source: Meteociel ||||||||||||||

## Notable residents

Maurice Burrus, a tobacco magnate and noted philatelist, was a resident. His home there, the Château Burrus, is a French monument historique.

