Montclus, Gard

Commune in Occitania, France

Coat of arms

Location of Montclus

(2020–2026) Benoit Trichot^[1]Area

21.88 km² (8.45 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

181 • Density8.3/km² (21/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

30175 /30630

Elevation76–329 m (249–1,079 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montclus is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.

Geography

Climate

Montclus has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa). The average annual temperature in Montclus is 13.7 °C (56.7 °F). The average annual rainfall is 951.2 mm (37.45 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 23.2 °C (73.8 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Montclus was 43.8 °C (110.8 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −14.0 °C (6.8 °F) on 16 January 1985.

Climate data for Montclus (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1978−present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	23.9 (75.0)	25.9 (78.6)	28.0 (82.4)	31.2 (88.2)	36.3 (97.3)	43.8 (110.8)	41.3 (106.3)	42.9 (109.2)	37.7 (99.9)	32.0 (89.6)	24.6 (76.3)	21.0 (69.8)	43.8 (110.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	10.3 (50.5)	12.2 (54.0)	16.6 (61.9)	19.6 (67.3)	23.7 (74.7)	28.3 (82.9)	31.6 (88.9)	31.2 (88.2)	25.8 (78.4)	20.0 (68.0)	14.2 (57.6)	10.7 (51.3)	20.4 (68.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.2 (41.4)	6.2 (43.2)	9.7 (49.5)	12.5 (54.5)	16.4 (61.5)	20.5 (68.9)	23.2 (73.8)	22.9 (73.2)	18.6 (65.5)	14.3 (57.7)	9.1 (48.4)	5.8 (42.4)	13.7 (56.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	0.0 (32.0)	0.2 (32.4)	2.8 (37.0)	5.5 (41.9)	9.1 (48.4)	12.8 (55.0)	14.9 (58.8)	14.7 (58.5)	11.4 (52.5)	8.6 (47.5)	4.0 (39.2)	0.9 (33.6)	7.1 (44.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−14.0 (6.8)	−10.9 (12.4)	−13.1 (8.4)	−5.5 (22.1)	−2.0 (28.4)	3.0 (37.4)	6.0 (42.8)	5.0 (41.0)	1.0 (33.8)	−4.0 (24.8)	−9.0 (15.8)	−11.4 (11.5)	−14.0 (6.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	76.8 (3.02)	48.8 (1.92)	54.9 (2.16)	75.4 (2.97)	75.2 (2.96)	49.9 (1.96)	44.4 (1.75)	59.8 (2.35)	132.4 (5.21)	131.6 (5.18)	134.1 (5.28)	67.9 (2.67)	951.2 (37.45)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.5	5.2	5.2	7.4	7.5	5.4	4.1	4.8	6.0	7.9	8.2	6.7	75.0
Source: Météo-France^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	92	—
1968	124	+34.8%
1975	115	−7.3%
1982	139	+20.9%
1990	135	−2.9%
1999	134	−0.7%
2008	151	+12.7%

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved 3 September 2022.