Everything about Mont Aigoual totally explained
Mont Aigoual (elevation 1567m / 5141ft) is the highest point of the
Gard département,
France. It is part of the
Massif Central, and it's located within the
Cévennes National Park. Its
prominence is 730 m.
This granite and schist outcrop is a major water catchment area in the Massif Central, being located where clouds from the cold
Atlantic converge with warm
Mediterranean air currents. The heavy rainfall has given the mountain its name: originally "
Aiqualis" ('the watery one'). In an average year rainfall can measure up to 2250 mm (over 7ft), making it the wettest place in France. Mont Aigoual forms part of the
watershed between the Mediterranean and Atlantic.
The meteorological observatory, built in 1887 by the French Rivers Authority and Forestry Commission, is currently occupied by the French meteorological service (
Météo France). It is the last remaining
weather station in
France which is still inhabited by meteorologists. An exhibition on weather forecasting is open to visitors in the summer months.
Severe weather conditions are sometimes recorded:
- Maximum Temperature : 28.2 °C in 1947;
- Minimum Temperature : -28 °C in 1956;
- Maximum wind speed : 335 km/h on November 6th 1966;
- Maximum rain in 24 hours: 607 mm from 6 p.m. on 30th to 6 p.m. on October 31st 1963;
- Maximum snow during one year : 10.24 metres;
- Frozen days: 144;
- High temperature days (> 25 °C) : 0;
- Rain days: 170;
- High wind days (> 16 m/s) : 265;
- Fog days: 241;
- Days with snow: 116.
When the sky is clear, it's possible to see the
Mediterranean Sea, the
Pyrenees, and also the
Alps and
Mont Blanc in particular.
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