Mandagout

Mandagout
Mandagout
Commune
	Beaulieu
	Coat of arms
	Location of Mandagout
	Mandagout Mandagout
	Coordinates: 44°01′18″N 3°37′34″E / 44.0216°N 3.6261°E
Country	France
Region	Occitania
Department	Gard
Arrondissement	Le Vigan
Canton	Le Vigan
Intercommunality	Pays Viganais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Emmanuel Grieu
Area 1	15.12 km2 (5.84 sq mi)
Population (2022)	370
• Density	24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	30154 /30120
Elevation	239–1,240 m (784–4,068 ft) ; (avg. 550 m or 1,800 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Mandagout (French pronunciation: [mɑ̃daɡu]; Occitan: Mandagon) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. The 18th-century French pharmacist, chemist and encyclopediste Jacques Montet (1722-1782) was born in Mandagout.

Geography

Climate

Mandagout has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) closely bordering on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). The average annual temperature in Mandagout is 13.0 °C (55.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,538.0 mm (60.55 in) with October as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 22.2 °C (72.0 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.6 °C (42.1 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Mandagout was 44.2 °C (111.6 °F) on 28 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) on 12 January 1987.

Climate data for Mandagout (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1983−2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	19.8 (67.6)	23.8 (74.8)	26.9 (80.4)	29.8 (85.6)	31.5 (88.7)	44.2 (111.6)	38.7 (101.7)	40.2 (104.4)	35.4 (95.7)	31.9 (89.4)	23.0 (73.4)	20.3 (68.5)	44.2 (111.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	8.9 (48.0)	9.9 (49.8)	13.2 (55.8)	15.4 (59.7)	19.8 (67.6)	24.4 (75.9)	28.3 (82.9)	27.8 (82.0)	22.9 (73.2)	17.3 (63.1)	12.1 (53.8)	9.5 (49.1)	17.5 (63.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	5.6 (42.1)	6.1 (43.0)	8.9 (48.0)	11.1 (52.0)	15.0 (59.0)	18.9 (66.0)	22.2 (72.0)	21.9 (71.4)	17.8 (64.0)	13.5 (56.3)	8.8 (47.8)	6.3 (43.3)	13.0 (55.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.3 (36.1)	2.3 (36.1)	4.6 (40.3)	6.7 (44.1)	10.2 (50.4)	13.4 (56.1)	16.1 (61.0)	16.0 (60.8)	12.6 (54.7)	9.8 (49.6)	5.4 (41.7)	3.1 (37.6)	8.6 (47.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−13.5 (7.7)	−11.2 (11.8)	−9.2 (15.4)	−1.3 (29.7)	1.5 (34.7)	4.9 (40.8)	7.8 (46.0)	7.2 (45.0)	4.2 (39.6)	−3.4 (25.9)	−5.9 (21.4)	−8.7 (16.3)	−13.5 (7.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	139.5 (5.49)	102.4 (4.03)	78.5 (3.09)	145.4 (5.72)	117.4 (4.62)	70.5 (2.78)	37.9 (1.49)	60.7 (2.39)	161.6 (6.36)	238.7 (9.40)	208.3 (8.20)	177.1 (6.97)	1,538 (60.55)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	9.5	7.8	6.9	9.5	8.9	6.1	4.0	5.6	6.9	11.3	9.9	9.5	95.8
Source: Météo-France^[3]