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<h2 id="geography">Geography</h2> <h3>World Heritage Site</h3> <p>It is home to one or more prehistoric <a href="/facts/Stilt_house/qCaPHFS2">pile-dwelling</a> (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the <a href="/facts/Prehistoric_Pile_dwellings_around_the_Alps/FCnstJXM">Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps</a> <a href="/facts/UNESCO/QSbkRv3o">UNESCO</a> <a href="/facts/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site/6AbWWKV4">World Heritage Site</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h3>Climate</h3> <p>Chindrieux has an <a href="/facts/Oceanic_climate/xUD1y78o">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/facts/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification/VDcr86hF">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cfb</i>) closely bordering on a <a href="/facts/Humid_subtropical_climate/vr1kMhwS">humid subtropical climate</a> (<i>Cfa</i>). 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. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="14">Climate data for Chindrieux (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1982−2015)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Month</th><th scope="col">Jan</th><th scope="col">Feb</th><th scope="col">Mar</th><th scope="col">Apr</th><th scope="col">May</th><th scope="col">Jun</th><th scope="col">Jul</th><th scope="col">Aug</th><th scope="col">Sep</th><th scope="col">Oct</th><th scope="col">Nov</th><th scope="col">Dec</th><th scope="col">Year</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record high °C (°F)</th><td>16.9(62.4)</td><td>20.2(68.4)</td><td>25.4(77.7)</td><td>29.0(84.2)</td><td>33.0(91.4)</td><td>36.5(97.7)</td><td>37.6(99.7)</td><td>40.7(105.3)</td><td>31.8(89.2)</td><td>27.2(81.0)</td><td>21.5(70.7)</td><td>21.5(70.7)</td><td>40.7(105.3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily maximum °C (°F)</th><td>5.8(42.4)</td><td>8.0(46.4)</td><td>12.8(55.0)</td><td>16.3(61.3)</td><td>21.0(69.8)</td><td>24.6(76.3)</td><td>27.5(81.5)</td><td>26.7(80.1)</td><td>22.1(71.8)</td><td>17.0(62.6)</td><td>10.1(50.2)</td><td>6.3(43.3)</td><td>16.6(61.9)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Daily mean °C (°F)</th><td>2.6(36.7)</td><td>4.2(39.6)</td><td>7.9(46.2)</td><td>11.1(52.0)</td><td>15.6(60.1)</td><td>19.0(66.2)</td><td>21.6(70.9)</td><td>20.9(69.6)</td><td>17.1(62.8)</td><td>12.8(55.0)</td><td>6.7(44.1)</td><td>3.4(38.1)</td><td>11.9(53.4)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Mean daily minimum °C (°F)</th><td>−0.6(30.9)</td><td>0.3(32.5)</td><td>3.0(37.4)</td><td>5.9(42.6)</td><td>10.2(50.4)</td><td>13.3(55.9)</td><td>15.6(60.1)</td><td>15.1(59.2)</td><td>12.0(53.6)</td><td>8.6(47.5)</td><td>3.4(38.1)</td><td>0.5(32.9)</td><td>7.3(45.1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Record low °C (°F)</th><td>−19.5(−3.1)</td><td>−11.9(10.6)</td><td>−9.3(15.3)</td><td>−3.6(25.5)</td><td>−1.2(29.8)</td><td>4.0(39.2)</td><td>6.7(44.1)</td><td>5.3(41.5)</td><td>2.0(35.6)</td><td>−3.0(26.6)</td><td>−7.0(19.4)</td><td>−11.1(12.0)</td><td>−19.5(−3.1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average <a href="/facts/Precipitation/uq3nGQc8">precipitation</a> mm (inches)</th><td>95.6(3.76)</td><td>89.6(3.53)</td><td>93.4(3.68)</td><td>96.5(3.80)</td><td>102.9(4.05)</td><td>100.9(3.97)</td><td>78.5(3.09)</td><td>93.6(3.69)</td><td>118.6(4.67)</td><td>130.7(5.15)</td><td>122.1(4.81)</td><td>111.5(4.39)</td><td>1,233.9(48.58)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)</th><td>10.6</td><td>9.3</td><td>9.9</td><td>10.9</td><td>11.4</td><td>9.9</td><td>7.6</td><td>8.9</td><td>8.3</td><td>11.5</td><td>11.2</td><td>10.9</td><td>120.3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14">Source: <a href="/facts/M%C3%A9t%C3%A9o-France/vJCfn4XL">Météo-France</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Communes_of_the_Savoie_department/LhFgotzM">Communes of the Savoie department</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Chindrieux_station/qvCaopLB">Chindrieux station</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chindrieux. <ul><li><a href="http://tip2trip.com/france/chindrieux/">Chindrieux photos</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/" target="_blank">https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1981-2010 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 5, 2022. <a href="https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_73085001.pdf" target="_blank">https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_73085001.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>