Les Saisies

Les Saisies is a ski resort located in the Savoie department of France. It is 30 km (19 mi) from Albertville, host of the 1992 Winter Olympics. For those games, the resort hosted the biathlon and cross-country skiing events.

Les Saisies & Mont Blanc from the top of the Bisanne chair lift

The resort also has alpine skiing trails for use and forms part of the Espace Diamant skiing region.

Les Saisies organized the 2014 European Company Sports Games.[1]

Geography

Climate

Les Saisies has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) closely bordering on a humid continental climate (Dfb). The average annual temperature in Les Saisies is 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,523.1 mm (59.96 in) with May as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 13.4 °C (56.1 °F), and lowest in February, at around −2.3 °C (27.9 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Les Saisies was 29.6 °C (85.3 °F) on 27 June 2019; the coldest temperature ever recorded was −25.4 °C (−13.7 °F) on 5 February 2012.

Climate data for Les Saisies (Col des Saisies, altitude 1614m, 1991−2020 normals, extremes 1992−present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.1
(61.0)		 15.2
(59.4)		 17.1
(62.8)		 18.8
(65.8)		 23.7
(74.7)		 29.6
(85.3)		 28.3
(82.9)		 27.9
(82.2)		 23.5
(74.3)		 22.2
(72.0)		 18.7
(65.7)		 16.1
(61.0)		 29.6
(85.3)
Average high °C (°F) 2.1
(35.8)		 2.3
(36.1)		 5.0
(41.0)		 7.4
(45.3)		 11.6
(52.9)		 15.8
(60.4)		 17.9
(64.2)		 17.8
(64.0)		 13.9
(57.0)		 10.8
(51.4)		 5.4
(41.7)		 2.7
(36.9)		 9.4
(48.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.1
(28.2)		 −2.3
(27.9)		 0.4
(32.7)		 3.3
(37.9)		 7.5
(45.5)		 11.5
(52.7)		 13.4
(56.1)		 13.4
(56.1)		 9.7
(49.5)		 6.7
(44.1)		 1.7
(35.1)		 −1.2
(29.8)		 5.2
(41.4)
Average low °C (°F) −6.3
(20.7)		 −6.9
(19.6)		 −4.1
(24.6)		 −0.9
(30.4)		 3.4
(38.1)		 7.1
(44.8)		 8.7
(47.7)		 9.0
(48.2)		 5.5
(41.9)		 2.7
(36.9)		 −2.1
(28.2)		 −5.1
(22.8)		 0.9
(33.6)
Record low °C (°F) −20.2
(−4.4)		 −25.4
(−13.7)		 −18.7
(−1.7)		 −12.0
(10.4)		 −7.5
(18.5)		 −5.0
(23.0)		 0.3
(32.5)		 −1.0
(30.2)		 −6.0
(21.2)		 −10.9
(12.4)		 −16.5
(2.3)		 −20.2
(−4.4)		 −25.4
(−13.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 130.8
(5.15)		 110.9
(4.37)		 113.4
(4.46)		 103.3
(4.07)		 151.0
(5.94)		 129.7
(5.11)		 133.9
(5.27)		 135.6
(5.34)		 120.6
(4.75)		 122.1
(4.81)		 121.0
(4.76)		 150.8
(5.94)		 1,523.1
(59.96)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 10.5 9.7 10.2 10.0 14.2 11.9 11.3 11.2 10.3 10.7 10.9 11.5 132.5
Source: Météo-France[2]

References
  1. "Archived copy". www.efcs.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Fiche Climatologique Statistiques 1991-2020 et records" (PDF) (in French). Météo-France. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

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